Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Polens

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 9, 1937No. Appeal, 223PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The appellant, John G. Polens, was indicted for the murder of Metro Seminuk. The facts of this homicide are set forth in the opinion which was filed in the case of Commonwealth v. Senauskas, 327 Pa. 541, Polens’s codefendant, and need not be repeated here. Polens confessed his guilt and his confession is in accord with that of Senauskas on all material matters. At the time of the commission of the murder, Polens was nearly 31 years of age. He was a graduate of an Academy in Pittsburgh. He later took a two-year course in science and a four-year course in business…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. SenauskasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Lovvorn v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Berry v. TeesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dandy v. BanmillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Batson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943

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