Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pacell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 13, 1985No. 1004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Judge:
Following a jury trial Appellant, Richard Pacell, was convicted of first-degree murder and possessing instruments of crime generally. On March 20, 1984, the Honorable George J. Ivins of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment for first-degree murder and a concurrent sentence of not less than one nor more than two years for possessing instruments of crime generally.
On appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Appellant raises the following issues:
I. REVERSIBLE ERROR WAS COMMITTED WHEN THE PROSECUTOR WAS ALLOWED TO QUESTION THE…
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