Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gay
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1980No. 188PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Wilmer B. Gay, was convicted of murder of the first degree and aggravated assault and battery in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murder and three and one-half to seven years for assault and battery, the sentences to run concurrently. We affirmed the judgment of sentence on direct appeal per curiam, without an opinion, 459 Pa. 567, 330 A.2d 843 (1975).
On January 6,1977, appellant, now represented by counsel other than trial counsel, filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act,1…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. DrewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. McKendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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