Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Camm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 13, 1971No. Appeal, 479PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy,
This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence following a jury trial and a conviction of murder in the second degree.
Appellant Camm, age 21, and one John Bytoff were charged with murder, aggravated robbery, burglary and conspiracy in connection with the death by suffocation of George Koffke, aged 94 in July, 1966. The trials of the two accused were severed, and Camm was tried on the murder charge only.
The primary evidence against Camm was a confession which he gave about 15 hours after Koffke had been found dead in Koffke’s home.1 The issues to be *257resolved…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by95 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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