Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bridges
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1977No. 113PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Alphonso Bridges, was tried by a judge sitting without a jury and was found guilty of murder of the third *537degree for the beating-stabbing death of Gerald Flowers. Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than ten years in a state correctional institution. This appeal followed.
The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows. On January 20, 1975, James Gaddy and Daniel Lee, members of the “Clang Gang,” solicited the decedent to buy a bottle of wine for them. This group proceeded to a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Harrison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. McCutchenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. ChermanskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MinnisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. PottsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. LeonardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. EverettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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