Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Whitfield
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 1977No. 462 and 474PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant was convicted following a jury trial of murder of the second degree, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit murder and robbery for his participation in the fatal beating of Raymond Townsend. 1 The trial court sentenced appellant to two concurrent ten to twenty year prison terms on the murder and robbery convictions, and suspended sentence on the conspiracy conviction.
Appellant contends that the trial court denied him a fair trial when it commented on the degree of his guilt on the murder charge. 2 We agree, reverse the judgment of sentence for murder,…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. FlorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Lesko v. LehmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. CovilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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