Commonwealth v. DeMasi
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 42, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant from judgment of O. & T. Phila. Co., October Sessions, 1909, No. 377, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Sabatino DeMasi. Indictment for murder. Before Ralston, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. Errors assigned were various rulings sufficiently shown by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Fell,
The murder of which the prisoner was convicted was committed in the perpetration of a robbery- There is, therefore, no question as to the degree of the crime. The duty imposed upon us by the Act of February 15, 1870, P. L. 15 is limited to ascertaining whether there was competent evidence at the trial, which if believed by the jury, would sustain a verdict of guilty: Grant v. Com., 71 Pa. 495; Com. v. Morrison, 193 Pa. 613; Com. v. Danz, 211 Pa. 507.
The facts developed by the Commonwealth were that a masked man entered a saloon late at night, and after…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DanzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Ettinger v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Cox v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Commonwealth v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Grant v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
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- Commonwealth v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
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