Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brown

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 9, 2006PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following Appellant’s conviction by a jury on the charges of first-degree murder, robbery, and carrying a firearm without a license. 1 Appellant contends a new trial is warranted since (1) the prosecutor improperly made inflammatory statements during his closing argument to the jury, (2) the trial court erred when it failed to give Appellant’s suggested jury instruction in response to a question the jury asked during deliberations, and (3) the trial court erred…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. PressleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CharlestonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Commonwealth v. RushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Commonwealth v. WiseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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