Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Tucker

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1975No. 215, 225PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in October 1973 of murder in the first degree and attempted aggravated robbery.1 His post-trial motions were denied and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and a concurrent term of ten to twenty years on the robbery conviction. He has now filed this appeal.2

*195The defendant has alleged four grounds which he contends require the reversal of the judgments of sentence. For the reasons stated hereinafter, we will affirm.

The salient facts are as follows. On February 11, 1969, at approximately 5:00 A.M.,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Tyrone Werts v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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