Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hallowell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 1981No. 380PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided, the Order is affirmed.
NIX, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Affirmance. LARSEN and KAUFFMAN, JJ., filed an Opinion in Support of Affirmance. O’BRIEN, C. J., filed an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which ROBERTS and FLAHERTY, JJ., join. ROBERTS, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which O’BRIEN, C. J., and FLAHERTY, J.; join.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
NIX, Justice.
Because of the error committed in the first trial, appellant has been awarded a new trial. The error was not of the nature that would taint a retrial, thus the award of a new…
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