Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Butler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 1961No. Appeal, 62PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
The defendant, John F. Butler, was indicted for murder. A jury trial under the “Split-Verdict Act” of December 1, 1959, P. L. 1621, §1, 18 PS (supp.) §4701, resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree with the punishment fixed at death. A new trial was denied. From the judgment of conviction and sentence, this appeal is prosecuted.
The facts, as disclosed by the testimony, may be briefly summarized as follows: The defendant was sentenced to the Eastern State Penitentiary for a period of from four to ten years following his conviction in…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Twining v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SpruillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GroceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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