Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Robinson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 11, 1980No. 2381PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that: 1) the trial court incorrectly instructed the jurors on the offenses charged; 2) the court *155did not inform the jurors of an available defense to conspiracy; 3) the court incorrectly defined the standard of reasonable doubt; and 4) his inculpatory statement should have been suppressed. We agree in part with appellant’s first contention and therefore affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellant was riding with two other men in a car. The driver pulled up beside the victim, Jerry Tannenbaum, walking on the street, and appellant got out to ask Tannenbaum for…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LockhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. PavillardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. HeatheringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThomasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. LaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. AzimSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. HumpheysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. GoinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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