Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Senk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 1981No. 80-3-714PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
On July 11, 1961 appellant Frank Earl Senk killed thirteen-year old Jane Benfield. Appellant was apprehended on January 18, 1962, and while in custody he confessed to the murder. In a jury trial appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree. Motions for a new trial and arrest of *633judgment were denied, and appellant was sentenced to death. A direct appeal was taken to this Court which affirmed the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Senk, 412 Pa. 184, 194 A.2d 221 (1963).
In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari; Senk v. Pennsylvania, 378 U.S. 562, 84…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Commonwealth v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States of America, Ex Rel., Frank Earl Senk, S-0026 v. J. R. Brierley, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth v. SenkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. NewellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. HollowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Carillo v. MoranSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
- Frank Earl Senk v. Charles H. Zimmerman, Superintendent and Leroy Zimmerman, Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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