Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Schroth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 10, 1981No. 53PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Louis Cecil Schroth, was convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County of murder of the first degree. No post-verdict motions were filed and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant then filed a direct appeal to this Court, and we remanded for a determination of whether appellant had knowingly and intelligently waived his right to file post-verdict motions. Commonwealth v. Schroth, 458 Pa. 233, 358 A.2d 168 (1974). The trial court on remand allowed the filing of post-verdict motions. The motions were filed and…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ArchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. SaxtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. HollerbushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. AycockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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