Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1972No. Appeal, No. 32PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion , by
Me. Justice Robeets,
In 1966 appellant William Smith, Jr., was tried by a jury and found guilty of second degree murder. A direct appeal to this Court resulted in a narrow affirmance of his judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Smith, 424 Pa. 9, 225 A. 2d 691 (1967).1
On June 22, 1971, appellant filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act.2 In that petition, which was dismissed without a hearing, appellant alleged that his confession, obtained on August 28, 1964, and introduced at trial, was secured in a manner violative of Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. PearsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Mayberry v. FrameDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974