Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hampton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 7, 1975No. 221PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. His post-trial motions were denied and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals from that judgment of sentence.
The appellant asserts two grounds for reversal: that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of murder in the first degree, and that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel.
The evidence, viewed as it must be in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, Commonwealth v. Long, 460 Pa. 461, 463, 333 A.2d 865, 866 (1975),…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. RankinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. WhackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Liciaga v. Court of Common PleasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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