Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Black
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 1977No. 465PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
This appeal arises out of the shooting death of one Paul Williford on January 10, 1974. Appellant John Black was arrested immediately thereafter and charged with murder. Following a trial before a jury in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Black was convicted of murder of the second degree. Post-trial motions were argued and denied and appellant was sentenced to a period of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than twenty years in the state correctional institution at Graterford. This direct appeal followed.1
At time of trial, appellant did not deny that…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by114 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. TilleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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