Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fitzpatrick v. Bullock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
The Commonwealth, through the District Attorney of Philadelphia, is here seeking a writ of prohibition against Judge Matthew W. Bullock of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This is the background.
On March 5, 1976, Yul Brynner Hayward, who was then fifteen and a half years old, was arrested and charged with murder, robbery, and related weapons offenses arising out of an incident on February 24, 1976. Subsequently, informations were filed against Hayward, pretrial motions were disposed of, and the case was assigned to Judge Bullock for trial. On…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. TruesdaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. OgdenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. MoodySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. BuckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BuonopaneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. RomeriSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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