Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. 365 and 483PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided, the judgments of sentence remain in effect.
PACKEL, J., took no part in the decision of this case. O’BRIEN, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance, which EAGEN, C. J., and POMEROY, J., join. ROBERTS, J., files an opinion in support of reversal. MANDERINO, J., files an opinion in support of reversal in which NIX, J., joins.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Earl L. Rice, Jr., was convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County of murder of the first degree, robbery, theft, and criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced…
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