Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Norman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 5, 1979No. 1296PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

Appellant Charles Eugene Norman was convicted in a jury trial with two accomplices in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County of robbery, theft, conspiracy, and recklessly endangering another person. 1 Posttrial motions were argued and denied and a sentence of four to eight years imprisonment was imposed. On this direct appeal, appellant posits several issues for our consideration, all of which we find to be without merit.

Facts adduced at trial revealed the following scenario. On the evening of May 18, 1977, Evelyn Hess and her daughter Joyce Halbrook were working in…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. GelormoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. OrlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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