Commonwealth v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
In 1974, appellant was indicted on charges involving a robbery-murder in a bar in Chester. Appellant’s motion to suppress a statement given the police was denied, and he was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree, aggravated assault, robbery and conspiracy. Following denial of post-verdict motions, the court imposed concurrent sentences of life imprisonment for murder and ten to twenty years for robbery, and suspended sentence on the other charges. Appellant contends that the statement was not voluntarily given and that certain comments of the…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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