Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Colbert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 26, 1978No. 118PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.
JONES, former C. J., did not participate in the decision of this case. EAGEN, C. J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance in which POMEROY and NIX, JJ., joined. ROBERTS, J., filed an opinion in support of reversal in which O’BRIEN and MANDERINO, JJ., joined.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Appellant, John Colbert, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree for the killing of Andrew Banks. Post-verdict motions were denied and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed as the jury…
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