Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Harvell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 16, 1974No. Appeal, No. 319PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

Appellant, Gordon Harvell, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, aggravated robbery, and conspiracy for the robbery-murder of one Thomas Holley on December 5,1969. Following the denial of post-trial motions appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and to a concurrent term of ten to twenty years imprisonment for the robbery and one to three years for conspiracy. This appeal followed.1

Appellant assigns as error the prosecutor’s remarks during his summation to the jury asserting that they *408were so prejudicial as to require…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. LipscombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. McNealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. RevtySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. FairbanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Hooks v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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