Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 5, 1981No. 80-1-6PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.
Appellant Harold L. Scott was originally convicted of murder of the first degree and a violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with a concurrent prison term of two and one-half to five years for the firearms violation. On direct appeal, this Court reversed and granted appellant a new trial because the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence concerning prior racial incidents in the neighborhood. Commonwealth v. Scott, 480 Pa. 50, 389 A.2d 79 (1978).
On retrial,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Commonwealth v. AmosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BeckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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3Cited by112 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. EllerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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