Commonwealth v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
James Ricketts Anderson, appellant, was found guilty by a jury of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied by the court en banc, and Anderson was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed the judgment of sentence by an equally divided court. Commonwealth v. Anderson, 473 Pa. 13, 373 A.2d 454 (1977).
On September 20, 1978, Anderson filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1 Counsel was appointed, 2 and an amended petition was filed on January 29, 1979. Post-conviction relief was…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. TriplettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GilmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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