Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 30, 1981No. 476PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
As a result of an incident which occurred in Philadelphia on October 3, 1977, appellant, Bernard Murphy, was tried and convicted for the shooting deaths of two victims and the aggravated assault of a third individual. He was sentenced on the murder convictions to concurrent terms of life imprisonment and a concurrent term of not less than five nor more than ten years for the aggravated assault bill of indictment. This is a direct appeal from these judgments of sentence.1
These shootings occurred in and about the premises of a State Liquor Store shortly after noontime.…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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