Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Giles
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 11, 1983No. 80-3-357PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
On August 2, 1978, 62-year-old Willa Mae Hill was brutally stabbed to death and her apartment was ransacked. In connection with these crimes, a jury found appellant James M. Giles guilty of murder of the second degree and robbery. Following the denial of post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for murder and ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This direct appeal followed.
Appellant first contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions.
The test of sufficiency of the evidence is whether,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. PittsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BastoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by26 opinions
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