Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Colon

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 13, 1975No. 265PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Eldimiro Colon was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree, burglary, and aggravated robbery. Post-verdict motions were filed and denied. The court sentenced appellant to serve a term of life imprisonment for the murder conviction. The court also sentenced him to serve concurrent terms of ten to twenty years imprisonment for the burglary and the aggravated robbery convictions, both to be served concurrently with the life sentence. This appeal ensued.1

In this appeal, appellant raises a single issue: whether the trial court improperly…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
  4. Commonwealth v. HackettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. NashSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. TervalonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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