Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Petrakovich

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 5, 1974No. 480PublishedCited by 139 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant, William Petrakovich, charged with the murder of his wife, was tried before a jury and convicted of murder in the first degree. Upon denial of post-trial motions, a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. This direct appeal followed.1 We have consid*517ered each of appellant’s arguments and, for the reasons set forth below, affirm the judgments of sentence.2

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

Appellant first contends that the evidence is insufficient to support a verdict of murder in the first degree. As we have said many times, our scope of review as…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  5. Commonwealth v. LopinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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3Cited by139 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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