Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nahodil
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 7, 1975No. 311PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed upon Frederick “Fritz” Nahodil following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree.
The prosecution emanated from the fatal stabbing of one David Hostler in an alley-way adjacent to a bar in Shamokin, Northumberland County. The sufficiency of the trial evidence to warrant the conviction is not challenged, but it is urged four rulings in the trial court require the grant of a new trial. We are not so convinced.
The first complaint is the refusal of the trial court to grant a pretrial motion…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. NovakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BrunoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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