Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Terry

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 7, 1975No. 67PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Benjamin Terry, was tried before a jury and convicted of three counts of murder in the first degree and one count of arson. Post-trial motions were denied and sentences of life imprisonment on each of the murder counts were imposed and made to run concurrently. Additionally, a sentence of ten to twenty years was imposed under the arson count also to run concurrently with the life sentences. This appeal followed.1

Appellant first contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict. We disagree. At trial, the Commonwealth produced…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Commonwealth v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  5. Commonwealth v. GockleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. SpruillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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