Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mercier
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1973No. Appeal, 375PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
Robert Mercier was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial were denied. From the judgment of sentence then imposed the instant appeal was filed.
The prosecution flowed from the shooting and subsequent death of Samuel Crudup in Philadelphia in 1969. The testimony produced by the Commonwealth at trial established that five males robbed a small corner store, of which Crudup was the proprietor, and during the course of the robbery Crudup was fatally shot by…
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