Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Davis

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 14, 1989No. 1071PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge:

James Davis, appellant, appeals nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence imposed following his convictions of first degree murder, conspiracy and possession of an instrument of crime. We affirm.

Appellant has raised four contentions of error for our consideration on this appeal. Primarily, we are concerned with appellant’s first contention, i.e. that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial and admitting into evidence the testimony of a police officer regarding a visibility/identification experiment which was offered to corroborate the testimony of the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. McNeilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. PetrasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. SeroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Leyva v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. O'BidosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Commonwealth v. KhalilSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. SpiewakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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