Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 25, 1982No. 80-3-363PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
James Wheeler appeals from judgments of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia imposed on verdicts of guilty of murder of the first degree and possession of an instrument of crime. 1 Appellant seeks a new trial on the grounds that identification testimony was improperly admitted at trial and that the record fails to establish the unanimity of the jury’s verdict on the charge of murder. We reject appellant’s contentions and affirm.
On December 5,1978, appellant, in the presence of Michael Cottle, gave the victim, Bonito Morris, five dollars…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. James McCoyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth ex rel. Ryan v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. SuttonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SampleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. Andrasik, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1992
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. Fazzolare, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County2010
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