Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sisco

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 1979No. 129 and 799PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, James Sisco, was convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia of murder of the third degree and possession of instruments of crime. He was sentenced to imprisonment for eight to twenty years for murder and one to five years for possession of instruments of crime, the sentences to run concurrently. He has appealed the judgment of sentence for murder to this court and the judgment of sentence for possession of instruments of crime to the Superior Court, which certified that appeal to this court.

Appellant was charged in connection with…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HornbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. SlaughterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. GroceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  5. Commonwealth v. HollandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. GroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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