Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Britt

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 20, 2013PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Jori Britt appeals from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment with a consecutive five to ten years incarceration that was imposed after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime (“PIC”), and carrying an unlicensed firearm and the court found him guilty of persons not to possess a firearm. We affirm.

Appellant shot and killed Terrill Gillette on April 8, 2007, with a .50 caliber handgun outside a Chinese take-out restaurant on the 5800 block of Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia. The victim was shot seven times in his head and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Com. v. Ali, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  3. Com. v. Branford, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. v. Brown, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Com. v. Caterino, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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