Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Schmidt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeal, 151PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Pomeboy,
At the conclusion of a jury trial on February 13, 1985, appellant, who had been represented by two court-appointed counsel, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Post-trial motions were denied by the lower court en banc and a direct appeal to this Court, filed on April 29, 1966, resulted in affirmance of the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Schmidt, 423 Pa. 432, 224 A. 2d 625 (1966). 1
Subsequently, appellant filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), 2 alleging five separate errors, none of…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Sweeney v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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