Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ernst
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1977No. 48PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The judgment of sentence is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
POMEROY, J., files an Opinion in Support of Affirmance in which EAGEN, C. J., joins. NIX, J., concurs in the result of this Opinion. ROBERTS, J., files an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which O’BRIEN, J., and MANDERINO, J., join. JONES, former C. J., did not participate in the decision of this case.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellant Kenneth Ernst was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of his 20 year old son. Following the denial of post-trial…
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