Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blair
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1975No. 428PublishedCited by 456 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant, Gary Blair, was arrested on July 26, 1972, and charged with the murder of one Willie Lee Edwards. Blair’s first trial commenced on April 28, 1973, and ended in a mistrial when the jury informed the trial court that it was unable to reach a verdict.
Appellant was retried before a jury in August, 1973. The jury convicted him of first degree murder and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Post-trial motions were filed 1 and denied. This appeal ensued. 2 We affirm.
At appellant’s second trial, one of the prosecution’s key witnesses,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mancusi v. StubbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Commonwealth v. AgieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. MartinolichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FaisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by456 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. LawsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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