Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Knight
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1976No. 37 and 38PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
In a joint trial, Bruce Edward Powell and Keith Mason Knight were both convicted of two counts of murder of the first degree and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Powell and Knight were both sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment following the denial of post-verdict motions. These appeals from the judgments of sentence followed.
Both Knight and Powell assert four identical assignments of error as a basis for the granting of a new trial.1 Powell asserts one additional assignment of error not argued by Knight. For the reasons stated…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mesarosh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. PotterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ChestnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- People v. DrossartMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
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