Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Banks
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 13, 1987No. 162 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
In the early morning hours of September 25, 1982, George Emil Banks, appellant, went on a rampage in and near the City of Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County. In the space of about one hour, appellant shot fourteen people with a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing thirteen and wounding one. All but one of the dead were the women and children who made up appellant’s extended family; the other two victims were strangers (one survived) who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
*324Following a lengthy jury trial before the Honorable Patrick J. Toole in the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Bishop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- V. P. Serodino, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by130 opinions
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