Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ross

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1963No. Appeal, 182PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Bernard Ross, the appellant, was indicted for the murder of Mrs. Eva Mae Boston. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. He then filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. Thereafter he appealed to this Court.

Appellant contends that the lower Court committed three reversible errors: (1) the admission of certain parts of the pathologist’s testimony, (2) failure to re*38quire the jury to hear and consider “penalty” evidence immediately after finding a verdict of murder in the first degree, and (3) charging the jury as to the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Commonwealth v. GockleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth v. BurdellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. FooseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. McCloudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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