Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Boyle

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 28, 1977PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

W. A. “Tony” Boyle was convicted of three counts of murder of the first degree by a jury in connection with the slayings of Joseph “Jock” Yablonski, his wife, Margaret, and his daughter, Charlotte. Post-verdict motions were denied and judgments of sentence imposed. This appeal followed.

Boyle asserts numerous assignments of error and, in doing so, seeks various forms of relief, including: 1) an *348arrest of judgment and discharge because the evidence is insufficient to support the verdicts; 2) a reversal of the judgments and quashing of the indictments because…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TabbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. MillsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. O'BRIENSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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  3. Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. PanderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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