Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Speller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 12, 1971No. Appeal, 168PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eag-en,
This appeal challenges the validity of the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed on the appellant, Mack Clinton Speller, on December 1, 1919, following Ms conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree.
An examination of the trial record manifests adequate evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict, and this is not disputed on appeal. From the testimony of the Commonwealth witnesses, the jury could find the following facts.
On October 31, 1918, Speller was a guest at a halloween party in an apartment residence of Norman Edwards in Philadelphia. While…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. KnableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth v. LockettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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