Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cessna

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 1, 1988No. 131PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed after appellant was found guilty of first-degree murder. On appeal, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and claims that the trial court erred in (1) admitting appellant’s oral and written statements made to police prior to preliminary arraignment; (2) refusing to permit appellant to cross-examine the wife of the victim as to possible motives; (3) refusing to strike testimony of appellant’s former girlfriend concerning the contents of letters written by appellant; and (4) not transferring the case to…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. McManamon v. WashkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Cohen v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. EnnisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Hera v. McCormickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Witkowski v. M.D.N.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1992

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