Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 20, 2012No. 58 MAP 2010PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
The question presented for our review implicates the issue of inconsistent verdicts in the context of a second-degree murder conviction. Because the Superior Court erroneously concluded that a jury’s verdict of guilt on a second-degree murder charge and its acquittal on the predicate felony of robbery were impermissibly inconsistent and could not stand, we vacate the Superior Court’s order.
On or about April 11, 2006, Antoine Miller (“Appellee”) brutally murdered Wallace Bivens in his Delaware County apartment and then stole his vehicle. Appellee was arrested later…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. MaglioccoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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3Cited by78 opinions
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