Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 1976No. 233 and 335PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
About 3:59 p. m. on July 22, 1974, Robert Clanton was fatally shot on Catherine Street in Philadelphia. Paul Fisher suffered a gunshot wound of the knee in the same incident and following the injury made his way to Graduate Hospital. About 4:30 p. m. Fisher was questioned by a Philadelphia police detective, while he was lying on a stretcher in the hallway of the hospital, as to how he *219was shot. Fisher said nothing inculpatory but his explanation of how he was shot included inconsistencies. The detective then phoned police headquarters and was told of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MeltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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3Cited by31 opinions
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