Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stoltzfus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 13, 1975No. 242PublishedCited by 374 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
The appellant, LeRoy Stoltzfus, was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. Post trial motions were denied and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This direct appeal followed.
The prosecution stemmed from the untimely death of "Marilyn H. Sheckler, eighteen years of age in Berks Courty. She was last seen alive, in an automobile in the company of her boy friend, Glenn W. Eckert, at 9:30 p. m. on August 12, 1969. On August 19, 1969, the automobile which Eckert had been driving was found abandoned in Leesport, Pennsylvania. Found in the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by374 opinions
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