Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Potter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. 89PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The judgment of sentence is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
POMEROY, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance, in which EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, J., join. ROBERTS, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ., filed separate opinions in support of reversal. JONES, former C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case. POMEROY, Justice, in support of affirmance.
Appellant Larry Potter has been tried three times for the murder of one Isaac Sinnamon during a June, 1970 attempt to rob the victim’s neighborhood grocery store. 1 Each trial has resulted in Potter’s conviction…
3Cases cited67 opinions
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