Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Caldwell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 16, 1987No. 35 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

516 Pa. 441 (1987)

532 A.2d 813

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Christopher CALDWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 9, 1987.

Decided October 16, 1987.

Paul R. Gettleman, Zelienople (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Christopher Conrad, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

On January 15, 1985, the bodies of Sara and Boykin Gibson, an elderly couple in their 80's, were…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent · Larsen; Dissent · McDERMOTT.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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