Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Turner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 29, 1952No. Appeal, 97PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Chidsey,
The defendant, Aaron Turner, appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree committed during the perpetration of a robbery, with sentence of death fixed by the jury. Motion for new trial was denied by the court en bane. This was defendant’s third trial for the offense. Each of two earlier trials had the same outcome, but the similar sentences imposed were successively set aside for trial errors. As to the first trial see Turner v. Pennsylvania, 338 U. S. 62, 69 S. Ct. 1352, reversing the decision of this Court reported at 358 Pa. 350, 58 A. 2d 61. For…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ashcraft v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- State v. PikulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Commonwealth v. HollandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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