Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 7, 1976No. 39PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
Arthur Johnson, the appellant, was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of one Jerome Wakefield after a trial by jury. Post-trial motions were denied, and Johnson was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed.1
The only evidence presented at trial by the Commonwealth which linked appellant to the murder with which he was charged was a confession elicited from Johnson subsequent to his arrest. Johnson challenged the admissibility of the confession in a pre-trial suppression hearing on three grounds: (1) the confession was…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. FutchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by105 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HamlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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