Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rightnour
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 9, 1969No. Appeal, 28PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The Court being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell
in Support op Affirmance, May 9, 1969:
Defendant-appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he raises three questions which will be discussed after a brief summary of the facts, considering as we must, the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth: Commonwealth v. Williams, 432 Pa. 557, 248 A. 2d 301; Commonwealth v. Burns, 409 Pa. 619, 187 A. 2d 552;…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- State v. LucasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. WalzackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Don Wade v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MamonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. RoughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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