Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hamilton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 11, 2001PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROSKY, J.:
¶ 1 This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence entered on November 23, 1999, in the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County. For the reasons that follow, we are constrained to vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.
112 On December 26, 1998, Appellant, Ronald G. Hamilton shot and killed Brent Krieg, the 18 year-old son of his live-in girlfriend, Sharon Krieg. Ms. Krieg was present and the only eyewitness to the killing. As a result, Appellant was charged with one count each of murder in the first degree, murder in the third degree, involuntary…
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