Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 28, 1977No. 386PublishedCited by 842 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
On October 19, 1973, Jennifer Hill of South Williams-port, Pennsylvania, twelve years of age, failed to return *266home after an overnight stay with a girl friend, Ruth Hubbard. Ten days later her body was discovered in a cornfield several miles from the Hubbard home. An autopsy disclosed that death had been caused by manual strangulation and had occurred on October 19. Kim Lee Hubbard, the twenty year old brother of Ruth Hubbard was indicted and tried for the murder. A jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. This direct appeal followed.1
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2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by842 opinions
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