Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Martinez

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 20, 1982No. 80-3-823PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant, Robert Martinez, and his co-defendant were charged with murder of the first degree, robbery and conspiracy in the beating death of John Charles Kenvin. A negotiated plea bargain resulted in a change of plea to guilty of murder of the third degree and robbery. The conspiracy charge was nol prossed and appellant was sentenced on June 27,1979 in accordance with the plea bargain, ten to twenty years for murder of the third degree and ten to twenty years for robbery to run concurrent with the murder sentence. The plea bargain left to the court the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. Commonwealth v. MorrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. YagerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. FluhartySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. SchultzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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