Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Darcy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1949No. Appeal, 136PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,
David Darcy was indicted with three others, Harold Foster, Harry Zietz and Felix Capone, 1 for the unlawful killing on December 22,1947, of William Kelly, who died as the result of a shot fired by Zietz a few moments after the perpetration of an armed robbery by him, the appellant, Foster and Capone, and while the defendant and his confederates were escaping from the. scene. Darcy was tried before President Judge Hiram H. Keller and a jury. He did not testify and no' evidence was given in his behalf. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree’and…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Gaines v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Commonwealth v. GravesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LockhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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