Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cheeks
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 1966No. Appeal, 276PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
On May 22, 1964, after a nine-day trial, the appellant, Bernard Cheeks, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Post trial motions were overruled and sentence imposed in accordance with the jury’s verdict. From the judgment of sentence, this appeal was filed.
The crime involved the robbery and stabbing on October 11, 1963, of Joe Henry Howell by four young males on a public street in Philadelphia. Following the occurrence, Howell, 57 years of age and slow of gait as the result of a stroke, walked directly…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by82 opinions
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