Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Coccioletti
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1981No. 80-1-106, 80-1-107PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*107OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
Appellants John Coccioletti and Donald Garrity were charged with criminal homicide for the shooting death of one Dale Clawson. Appellants were found guilty of murder of the third degree after a joint trial before a jury. Appellants’ post-trial motions were denied, and a sentence of three to ten years imprisonment was entered on the verdict.
This direct appeal involves issues of whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain their convictions for murder of the third degree; whether certain firearms and ammunition were properly admitted; and whether appellants’ Sixth…
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