Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lee

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 1981No. 272PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

On August 31, 1979, at approximately 11:40 p.m. on the 1500 block of North Woodstock Street in Philadelphia, defendant stabbed Gerald Freeman in the chest and stomach during an argument over five dollars that the victim owed defendant. Freeman’s friends then went to his aid while defendant walked up the street to talk with his girlfriend, Queenie Lighty. Approximately twenty minutes later, at 12:20 a.m., September 1, 1979, defendant stabbed Queenie Lighty in the chest.

Defendant was arrested and charged in two sets of Informations, Nos. 792-794 and Nos. 885-887, as of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth. v. GreenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SchmidtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. WebsterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. WaltonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. BethelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. PurnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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