Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Whitaker

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 2005PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*917OPINION BY

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant Mark Whitaker appeals the judgment of sentence entered on October 29, 2003, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction on charges of second-degree murder, robbery, criminal conspiracy, and related offenses. On appeal, Appellant asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in its admission of certain testimony and that trial counsel was ineffective. Upon review, we affirm.

¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows: On the evening of January…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RussellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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  3. Carruthers v. Messner Enterprises Northgate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County2013
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  5. Com. v. Gardner, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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