Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Evans

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 24, 1980No. 741 and 749PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*89OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Harry Evans, was convicted by jury of murder of the second degree, robbery, and criminal conspiracy. Post-verdict motions were denied, and Evans was then sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and to concurrent prison terms on the other convictions. A direct appeal to this Court from the judgment of sentence on the murder conviction followed. A simultaneous appeal to the Superior Court from judgments of sentence on the non-homicide charges was certified to this Court. We consolidated the appeals.

Evans asserts four assignments of error.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by115 opinions

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  2. Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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  4. Commonwealth v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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