Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scoleri
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 4, 1960No. Appeal, 282PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin' R. Jones,
Anthony “Tony” Scoleri, the appellant, and his brother, Joseph “Eddie” Scoleri,1 were charged in a *114bill of indictmént by the grand jury of Philadelphia County with the murder on August 28, 1958 of one Max Gordon. After a.trial before Judge Vincent A. Oar-roll and a jury the appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the penalty fixed at death. On Juue 23, 1959, — appellant’s new trial motion having been denied, — ¿ppellant was sentenced to death; from that judgment of sentence this appeal was taken.
On August 28, 1958, Max Gordon…
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3Cited by66 opinions
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