Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Coyle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1967No. Appeal, No. 91PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Eagen,
On November 20, 1959, John J. Coyle was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia County of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at death. Following the dismissal of post-trial motions and imposition of sentence in the court below, an appeal was entered and prosecuted in this Court. Lengthy briefs were filed on behalf of Coyle and the Commonwealth, and oral argument presented. After a studied consideration thereof, we filed an opinion on October 14, 1964, overruling the multiple averred assignments of error — with one exception. Since evidence of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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