Commonwealth v. Brightwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Richard P. Brightwell, was convicted of, inter alia, both murder of the third degree and voluntary manslaughter for the June 24, 1974 shooting killing of Nanny Brown. Before the trial court accepted these obviously inconsistent verdicts, he called opposing counsel to sidebar and stated that “It is my understanding that the verdict in this case would be recorded as guilty of murder of the third degree. ... Do you agree to that?” When both counsel agreed, the trial court announced that appellant had been found guilty of murder of the third…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SherardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. MicusoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Buehl v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Commonwealth v. KimbroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. PettewaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. ParenteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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