Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hudson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 30, 1980No. 118PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Bert Lee Hudson, appellant, was convicted by a jury in Beaver County of murder of the second degree, 1 aggravated assault, 2 simple assault, 3 and burglary. 4 Post-verdict mo tions were denied, and Hudson was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge and five to ten years on the non-homicide charges. The former sentence was directed to run consecutive to the latter sentence. This appeal followed.

Hudson first contends the evidence at trial was insufficient to establish his guilt of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. More precisely, Hudson…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. TervalonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. KochSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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