Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dukes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1975No. 239PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*183OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
On May 7, 1971, the appellant, John Taylor Dukes, was arrested and charged with the murder of Thomas Brooks. Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder in the second degree. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied, and Dukes was sentenced to not less than five nor more than twenty years imprisonment. This direct appeal followed.1
At trial the Commonwealth introduced evidence that at approximately 4:25 p. m. on September 26, 1970, one Thomas Brooks, who was sitting on the steps outside a building at the corner of 3rd…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. EnglandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. BrunoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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