Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Waldman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1979No. 802PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
On October 30, 1975, Ralph Waldman was convicted by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County of murder of the first degree, aggravated assault, robbery, theft of movable property, criminal conspiracy, terroristic threats and two counts of simple assault. Post-verdict motions were denied, and judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed on the murder conviction.1 On May 14, 1976, Waldman appealed the judgment, of sentence of life imprisonment to this Court.
On September 30,1976, Waldman petitioned this Court for an order to grant…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. TabbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DunbarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. AnneskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. YoungkinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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