Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sparrow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1977No. 127 and 165PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
Following a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. He filed timely motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment which were denied by the court en banc. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive term of from ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This appeal followed.1 Appellant presents a number of assignments of error, none of which, we have concluded, merits reversal. Accordingly, we will affirm.
The evidence presented at trial, viewed in a…
2Cases cited71 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by130 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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