Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kravitz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1970No. Appeal, 121PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Bell,
Appellant, Ethel Kravitz, was tried by a Judge and jury for the killing of her husband and, on December 12, 1958, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Mrs. Kravitz, through her able attorneys, filed a motion in arrest of judgment and a motion for a new trial, assigning the customary reasons. Several months later, she filed twenty-one additional reasons to support her motion in arrest of judgment and forty-five additional réasons for a new trial. These post-trial motions were denied, and on appeal this Court affirmed, Commonwealth v. Kravitz, 400…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. CheeksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ViaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. HaynesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Ethel Kravitz v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America Ex Rel. Kravitz, Ethel v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Nos. 76-1390, 76-1599Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- United States of America Ex Rel. William J. Johnson, E4204 v. Angelo C. CavellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BlissSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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