Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hoss
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 1976No. 27PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
The incident from which this appeal arises represents one of the most odious and pernicious killings that has occurred within this Commonwealth in recent years. The Commonwealth produced evidence at trial to establish that Stanley Hoss, then an inmate at the Western Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, in concert with several other inmates lured the victim Walter Peterson, a captain of the correctional officers at the institution, into the basement recreation area of the prison and viciously murdered him. The testimony indicated that Captain Peterson…
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