Legal Opinion
Kravitz Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1965No. Appeal, 127PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
May a convicted slayer relitigate in the Orphans’ Court the issue of murder and the question of his guilt?
*321Ethel Kravitz, the appellant, was indicted for the murder of her husband, Max Kravitz, in their home in Wynnewood, on July 4, 1958. She pleaded not guilty; she was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury on December 12, 1958, and on July 17, 1959, she was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence in the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, Pennsylvania. On June 28, 1960, this Court in Commonwealth v. Kravitz, 400 Pa. 198, 161 A. 2d 861,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Local 167, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Schindler v. Royal Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Hurtt v. StironeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Lucius J. Breeland v. Security Insurance Company of New Haven, ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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