Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Light

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 16, 1974No. Appeals, 479 and 489PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeboy,

The appellant was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and assault with intent to kill.1 Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced on the manslaughter conviction to imprisonment for a term of two years to four years and eleven months, and on the assault conviction to imprisonment for a term of one and a half to three years, the sentences to run concurrently. He has now appealed those judgments to this Court.2 We affirm.

The facts in this case are almost undisputed. The appellant lived on a farm in Annville, Lebanon County, with…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. ColandroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. VenturaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. SepulvedaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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