Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scoleri
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 27, 1968No. Appeals, 252, 274, 275, 276 and 277PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Jones,
On September 30, 1961, Anthony Scoleri was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree and the penalty fixed at death. A motion for a new trial was denied on July 26, 1965 and judgment of sentence entered. Scoleri did not appeal from that judgment of sentence.
Thereafter, on October 15, 1965, Scoleri filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which, after hearing, was denied on order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. From that order an appeal was taken to our Court. We vacated the order and remanded the record to the court below with…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Tehan v. United States ex rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. GOODMANSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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