Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1975No. 241PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

The Court being equally divided the judgments of sentence are affirmed.

EAGEN, J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance in which O’BRIEN, J., joins. POMEROY, J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance. ROBERTS, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ., dissent but deem it unnecessary to discuss the issues treated by the opinions supporting affirmance because those opinions do not represent the views of the Court.

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

EAGEN, Justice.

On March 27, 1972, the appellant, George Lee Hamilton, was convicted by a jury of burglary, robbery and two counts of murder in the first…

3Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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4Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. BurtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth of Pa. v. ColeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. LongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. MeekinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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