Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Singh

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 26, 1988No. 00517PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence (5-10 years) for voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime by the appellant, Girlie Singh. We affirm.

Counsel other than trial counsel (first counsel) is representing the appellant on appeal and raises four (4) issues for our consideration.

The initial contention by the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence for voluntary manslaughter, as well as questioning whether the Commonwealth met its burden of disproving the appellant’s self-defense argument. We find that this bifurcated issue does not…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KearneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Curry v. Estate of ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. SinghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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