Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1975No. 403, 448PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JONES, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Christopher Jackson, was indicted for murder, aggravated robbery, conspiracy and carrying a con cealed deadly weapon. Pre-trial motions to suppress appellant’s statements were unsuccessful, and, after a trial by jury, appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. Post-trial motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were filed and denied, and appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment for life and from five to ten years. From those sentences these appeals followed. 1 We reverse.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Juarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- People v. LippertIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- United States v. Leroy FisherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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