Commonwealth v. Greene
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*402OPINION OF THE COURT
JONES, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Clarence Greene, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree (felony murder) and robbery. After denying Greene’s post-trial motions, the court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder conviction and a consecutive sentence of five to ten years for the robbery conviction. These appeals followed.1
Appellant’s arrest and the indictments issued against him stemmed from the fatal stabbing of Mrs. Catherine Johnson on August 5, 1974. The record discloses that Catherine Johnson and her husband, Carl, were closing their…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Commonwealth v. BaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. BirchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. ShireySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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