Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cooley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 26, 1975No. 171 and 248PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
On the morning of February 27, 1972, Clarence Butts was fatally wounded in his apartment in Philadelphia. James Morris, a friend of Butts who lived nearby and was visiting him, suffered a gunshot wound of the neck in the same incident. The appellant, Robert James Cooley, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the death of Butts and of assault with intent to murder for the shooting of Morris. His post trial motions were denied and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. 1 This direct appeal followed. 2
Morris testified that he arrived…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Allen v. MackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. CheeksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- United States v. Ronnie PeppersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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