Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 3, 1980No. 74PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Raymond R. Johnson was charged with criminal homicide in the stabbing and shotgun death of Charles Jeffers. Commonwealth trial testimony established that codefendant Suzanne Ella Grendell telephoned Jeffers and asked him to come to her house. When he arrived, he was stabbed approximately seventeen times and shot with a shotgun by appellant and two other accomplices. Appellant was convicted by jury of murder of the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court affirmed judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Johnson, 474 Pa. 410, 378…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GarvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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