Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 2, 1974No. Appeal, 137PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The Court being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice Jones took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
Opinion In Support of Affirmance by Mr. Justice Nix:
This appeal questions the rule in this Commonwealth which permits the trial court to refuse a charge of voluntary manslaughter under a murder indictment where the evidence does not provide a basis for finding passion or legal provocation. 1 It is contended that in view of tke statements by this court, that tlie jury always has the power under a murder indictment to return a…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by146 opinions
- State v. GuthrieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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