Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rolison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 1977No. 538, 554PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Glen Rolison, Jr., was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree and conspiracy. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of life imprisonment for the murder conviction and ten-to-twenty years for the conspiracy conviction. This appeal followed.1
The facts are as follows. On August 11, 1978, the remains of Senen Garcia were discovered in a burnt automobile in Wayne County. An investigation revealed that the victim had been killed before the car caught fire. Police…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. DelbridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. BrinkleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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