Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Green

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 26, 1928No. Appeal, 342PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Defendant, found guilty of murder of the first degree, with punishment fixed at life imprisonment, complains that in his trial certain errors were committed and in consequence thereof asks that he be afforded the opportunity to face another jury. He sums up what he alleges to be the harmful matters in three categories in his statement of the questions involved: (1) that he was prejudiced by a question asked him by the trial judge; (2) that the court’s charge was erroneous in assuming that the killing was unlawful; in imputing violence to him; in magnifying the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. Commonwealth v. GreeneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  3. Commonwealth v. ChaplerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. Samuel JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. Commonwealth v. IacobinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Commonwealth v. KluskaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Commonwealth v. WinebrennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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