Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Minarik
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1981No. 80-1-90PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice:
At approximately 3:30 a. m. on February 7, 1971, appellee John Paul Minarik climbed through the window of the second-story bedroom where his former fiancee lay sleeping and, before the eyes of her mother who stood helplessly by, killed her with an ax. Appellee was arrested later that day and was subsequently indicted by a grand jury and charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter. On October 4, 1971, appellee pleaded guilty to murder generally. After a hearing on degree of guilt, the court determined that appel-lee was guilty of murder of the first degree and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MillikenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. GodfreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
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3Cited by31 opinions
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