Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mikesell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 23, 1977No. 33 and 57PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Nelson Charles Mikesell, was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder of the first degree and other related offenses. 1 Post-verdict motions were denied, and concurrent sentences of life imprisonment were imposed on the murder convictions. Judgments of sentence on the related offenses were suspended. These appeals followed.

While Mikesell has not challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the murder of the first degree verdicts, we have made an independent review of the record and have determined sufficient evidence exists to…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. MeyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Commonwealth v. PotterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. LipscombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CliffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. YoungkinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. WomackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. BaranyaiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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