Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Singletary
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 2, 1978No. 451 and 558PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
These appeals are from the judgments of sentence imposed on Richard Singletary following his conviction by a jury in Philadelphia of murder of the third degree and a related criminal offense. We reverse and award a new trial.
The following inquiries were directed to Singletary by the district attorney during cross-examination at trial:
“Q. Your attorney arranged to have you surrender to the police; is that correct?
“A. That’s correct.
“Q. All right. Now, at some point either you called him or he called you and said, ‘This is when we’re going to turn you…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. HaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaidemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. NolenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Molina, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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