Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bibalo
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 9, 1953No. Appeal, 223PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Arnold,
A jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and the death penalty was imposed. The only defense presented was legal insanity.
The verdict established the following facts: The defendant, 20 years of age, was making his home with his grandmother at TJniondale, Susquehanna County, and had been visiting his mother at Simpson, Lackawanna County, just previous to December 10, 1951. At about nine o’clock in the morning of that day he left her home and went to Forest City, Susquehanna County, where he arrived at about 10:00 o’clock A.M. He then went to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. SparduteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Commonwealth v. PatskinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth v. AgostonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. NovakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Parker v. Children's Hospital of Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RaymondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. McGrewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
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