Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1998PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Timothy Smith (Defendant) was convicted of two counts of third degree murder, one count of aggravated assault, three counts of recklessly endangering another person and one firearms violation, all arising from the same incident. He was sentenced to an aggregate term of 25 to 50 fifty years imprisonment. We affirm.

Both the Commonwealth and Defendant have appealed. The Commonwealth contends that the court should have sentenced Defendant to the mandatory life sentence set forth in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9715. Defendant raises four issues: (1) the court should have suppressed statements…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TuladzieckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Grom v. BurgoonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. MauteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. HubbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. MorrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Com. v. Thompson, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. Coleman, D., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  5. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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