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Commonwealth v. Lewis

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 2, 1998No. 1840PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus:

Tony Lewis appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. We affirm.

On the morning of August 1, 1996, seventeen year-old Tony Lewis robbed an A-Plus Minimarket located in the 500 block of Ogontz Avenue in Philadelphia. Because the cashier, in Lewis’ opinion, took too long to relinquish money, Lewis shot the cashier twice in the head and back, mortally wounding him. Lewis was eventually apprehended and charged as an adult with murder in the first degree, robbery, possession of an instrument of a crime (PIC)…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. YagerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. EllisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Joseph Nara v. Frederick FrankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. BarndtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. MuhammadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. BedellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Commonwealth v. StorkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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