Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brandon

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 30, 1979No. 254PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On June 30, 1976, the district attorney of Allegheny County by information charged Curtis Brandon, appellant, with murder of the first degree, murder of the third degree, and voluntary manslaughter. Brandon, pursuant to an agreement with the district attorney, 1 entered a plea on September 14, 1976, of guilty of murder of the third degree. As a result of the guilty plea, judgment of sentence of not less than ten nor more than twenty years imprisonment was imposed on October 27, 1976.

Brandon filed an appeal from the judgment of sentence in this Court.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. ZakrzewskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. DowlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. BeattySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GiknisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. CrawfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. CavanaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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