Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1970No. Appeal, 230PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
About 11 a.m. on July 8,1966, a retail jewelry store located on the second floor of the Plaza Building in downtown Pittsburgh was held up by two armed robbers. During the holdup, the operator of the store was fatally shot. Later the same afternoon, William Murray and Garfield Gordon were taken into police custody and charged with the murder and robbery. Johnnie Lee Smith was also arrested and charged with driving the automobile in which the felons escaped from the scene. In separate jury trials, all three individuals were convicted of murder in the first degrée,…
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3Cited by56 opinions
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