Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Nau

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 28, 1977No. 72PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Albert Nau, was convicted of murder of the third degree on May 12, 1975, in a nonjury trial before the Court of Common Pleas, Cambria County. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a period of two years to fifty-nine months. This appeal followed.

This case evolved from the slaying of Edward Nau on October 9, 1974, in Stonycreek Township, Cambria County. The pertinent circumstances surrounding the killing are as follows. The appellant and the deceased were brothers. They had worked together sporadically in…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. WoodhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  3. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. ColandroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  5. Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. FaulknerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. MehmetiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Ebasco Services, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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