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Commonwealth v. Douglas

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 27, 1999PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The evidence at trial established that on August 28, 1980, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Michael McLaurin (McLaurin) and Donald Knight (Knight) were sitting on a bench in the courtyard of the Raymond Rosen Housing Project in Philadelphia when Robert Douglas (Douglas) approached the two men and asked for money. The three men had been friends for ten years. McLaurin and Knight responded that they did not have any money, and Douglas departed. A short time after that Douglas returned with a small caliber…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. McNeilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Commonwealth v. BegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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