Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cannon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 19, 1973No. Appeal, 421PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion i:y
Me. Ciuee Justice Jones,
On June 26, 1970, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and assault with intent to kill.1 This ap|>eal is taken from a sentence of life imprisonment on the conviction of murder. No appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence for assault with intent to kill.
The pertinent facts are as follows: appellant, nineteen years of age, and Gail Bray Cannon were married in August of 1967. On September 1, 1967, appellant and his wife became involved in a marital dispute. When appellant physically abused Ms wife, she left their apartment and went to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. EnglandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Leroy Brown v. Julius T. Cuyler, Supt., at S.C.I.G.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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