Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bruno

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 6, 1979No. 18 Special Transfer DocketPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Judge:

On July 27, 1976, a jury convicted appellant, John Harry Bruno, of two counts of murder of the first degree. After denying post-verdict motions, the trial court sentenced appellant to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested and indicted in 1966 for committing five killings. On May 13, 1966, the Commonwealth filed a petition for appointment of a Sanity Commission. Appellant filed a motion to dismiss the petition. The trial court granted the Commonwealth’s petition. Appellant’s appeal from the order granting the petition was quashed by the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. DemmittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WhitfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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  3. Com. v. Watson, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023
  4. Com. v. Watson, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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