Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Henderson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeal, 385PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

Appellant, Robert Henderson, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a judge, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two to ten years.

The prosecution resulted from the fatal shooting of Elaine Webb on July 24, 1971, at approximately 2:00 a.m. in Philadelphia. ' Prom the trial testimony the lower court found that the deceased traveling south on Franklin Street had her passage blocked by the appellant’s car. The appellant was not in his car but was watching a fist fight at the corner of the street. The deceased got out of her…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. LytesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. ContiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. QuarlesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. PollardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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