Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pronkoskie

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 26, 1982No. 80-3-444PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

For the second time a jury convicted appellant on September 14, 1978 of first degree murder in the shooting of his wife. 1 Post-trial motions were argued before the Court en banc and were denied. He appealed his sentence of life imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant first contends the evidence at trial was insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Specifically, he contends the best the Commonwealth’s evidence showed is that he could have arrived home within the one hour range of time during which the Commonwealth established the victim died.

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. WoodhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by112 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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