Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 6, 1990No. 400PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HESTER Judge:
Eugene Patterson appeals from the February 17, 1989 judgment of sentence of life imprisonment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County following conviction by a jury for the murder of a ten-year-old girl in Millcreek, Pennsylvania, on July 19, 1966. Appellant asserts that the trial court committed numerous errors. We find no merit in appellant’s allegations, and we affirm.
The record reveals the following. The victim, ten-year-old Christine “Tina” Watson, and six-year-old Thomas Levis were playing near a bridge over Walnut Creek in their rural neighborhood in Erie…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by33 opinions
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