Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hall

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 20, 1989No. 626PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

On September 19, 1985, appellant, Earl Joseph Hall, Jr., was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, robbery and kidnapping. On September 4, 1987, judgment of sentence of life imprisonment was imposed on the first-degree murder convictions and a consecutive sentence of ten to twenty-five years imprisonment was imposed on the robbery and the kidnapping convictions. This appeal followed denial of appellant’s post-trial motions and of his motion to modify sentence. Rejecting all fourteen of appellant’s assignments of error, we affirm.

The facts may be summarized as follows. On…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. TuladzieckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. KrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. In Re LoveSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. McFarlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. McLeanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. KephartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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