Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Petroll
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 18, 1997No. 2429PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after a jury found appellant Frederick W. Petroll guilty of three counts of homicide by vehicle,1 and the trial court found him guilty of one count each of failing to drive vehicle at safe speed2 and careless driving.3 We affirm.
The trial court has provided us with an accurate factual summary:
On April 21,1995, Mr. Petroll caused the deaths of Douglas Harsh, his wife, Connie, and their infant son, Tyler, when he drove his tractor trailer into the rear of the Harsh vehicle which had stopped for traffic on…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- New York v. BurgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. BiswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DiStefanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. PetrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. SeibertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- United States v. SteedCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Commonwealth v. KennedySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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