Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Budd v. Maroney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1965No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
On February 25, 1953, Alice G. Storch was murdered in her home in Cranberry Township, Butler County. The Commonwealth contended that her husband, Ernest E. Storch, had hired the assassins. Russell Budd and Walter Henderson were charged with the crime as the actual assailants.
Storch was convicted on two counts of accessory before the fact to murder. Henderson entered a general jilea to the charge of murder and after the taking of testimony, the court fixed the degree of murder as murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Russell Budd, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United Steelworkers of America v. SadlowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Light v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Wilkes v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Com. Ex Rel. Wilkes v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Commonwealth v. MoehringSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972