Commonwealth v. Hinchcliffe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed upon Robert L. Hinchcliffe following his conviction of murder of the third degree by a jury in Lawrence County. 1
The prosecution emanated from the untimely death of Floyd Ross whose lifeless body was found wrapped in large plastic garbage bags and encased in a securely tied sleeping bag, by the police in the residence of Hinchcliffe’s mother in the City of New Castle.
Ross died from a compound fracture of the skull, laceration of the duramater, laceration of the brain, and a sub-arachnoid…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. RobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. HunterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. VogelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CarboneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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