Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. DeMoss v. Cavell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1967No. Appeal, 307PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
Petitioner, Cus Alfred DeMoss, is one of four men convicted of the 1955 felony murder of Lulu Rossman, the others being Raymond Wilson, R. W. Thomas, and Prank Ellsworth. This Court has affirmed the life sentence, imposed after separate trials, of all the defendants except Ellsworth; twice we have granted Ellsworth a new trial because of errors below. Commonwealth v. DeMoss, 401 Pa. 395, 165 A. 2d 14 (1960), cert. denied, 365 U.S. 822, 81 S. Ct. 708 (1961); Commonwealth v. Wilson, 394 Pa. 588, 148 A. 2d 234, cert. denied, 361 U.S. 844, 80 S. Ct. 97 (1959);…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. StukesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- State v. CrossOhio Supreme Court · 1971
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