Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. White

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1940No. Appeal, 205PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Clyde “Blue Top” White, appellant, the second of three jointly indicted for the murder of Henry D. Foster to be separately tried, was found guilty of murder in the second degree on evidence which is the same in all important particulars as that relied upon to sustain the verdict found against John Turza, the first of the trio brought to trial, and upheld by us in Com. v. Turza, 340 Pa. 128. The opinion in that ease gives a full account of the history of the crime and there is no need to repeat it here except as may be necessary in disposing of questions not…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurzaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Stewart v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Lyke v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Commonwealth v. FencezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Dixon v. MinogueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. BartellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Commonwealth v. WillisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. MARINOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Risbon v. CottomSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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