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Legal Opinion · Dissent

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 22, 1963No. Appeal, No. 318Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno:

Harold Johnson was indicted for murder. The Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, appointed two attorneys to defend him. The trial came on before Judge Griffiths and a jury and ended in a verdict of first degree murder with the penalty fixed at life imprisonment. The court-appointed lawyers appealed to this Court which unanimously reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial. (Commonwealth v. Johnson, 402 Pa. 479.) The defense attorneys prepared for the second trial. This time the case came before Judge Carroll. After the fourth juror…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. People v. . FerraroNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  4. People v. MontgomeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  5. People ex rel. McAgoy v. PrendergastNew York Supreme Court · 1910

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