Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Burton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1974No. 252 and 322PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree, assault and battery with intent to kill and conspiracy. Post-trial motions were denied and this appeal followed.
On August 29, 1970, at or about 8:30 p.m., Officers Harrington and Kenner of the Fairmount Park Police in Philadelphia were turning into the Cobbs Creek Guard*553house of the 93rd Police District when they saw an unidentified Negro man gesturing at them to stop. The man then fired into the face of Officer Harrington, seriously injuring his lower jaw. A gun battle ensued between…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BurdellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Commonwealth v. SparduteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. HorvathSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. KnightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Weatherford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Mims v. ShappCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. StarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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