Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kravitz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1960No. Appeal, 38PublishedCited by 171 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Max Kravitz, husband of the defendant, was killed in their home, 1250 Knox Road, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1958. The jury on December 12, 1958, after a trial lasting 12 days, found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, with a recommendation of. mercy. Four days later defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment and a motion for a new trial, assigning customary reasons. More than two months later,* defendant filed 21 additional reasons *201to support her motion in arrest of judgment and 45 additional reasons for a new trial.

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2Cases cited69 opinions

  1. Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Commonwealth v. BolishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. Commonwealth v. NovakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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3Cited by171 opinions

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  3. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. YountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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