Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dobson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 18, 1979No. 61 and 65PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*301OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence imposed upon Walter Dobson, appellant, for his convictions of murder of the first degree, aggravated assault with intent to kill, aggravated robbery and burglary.* The pertinent facts are as follows.

Appellant and one Charles Peters were detained by police on December 15, 1971, and questioned at police headquarters in regard to their knowledge of a robbery, assault and felony murder. After more than fifteen hours of questioning, each of the men gave a signed inculpatory statement to the police. A warrant was issued for a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. OglialoroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. SavageSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. CondeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. SellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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