Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 1978No. 54PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Justice.
Appellant James Lee Smith was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder, the first being murder of the first degree and the second being murder of the third degree. This is a direct appeal from the judgments of sentence. 1
The relevant facts were established at trial as follows. On December 15, 1974 Fant, Rodgers and Collins were at a nightclub from which Fant was ejected as a result of an altercation at the bar. Thereafter a scuffle broke out in the parking lot and Bruce Fisher, the nightclub owner, sprayed mace into the group to restore order. As Fant,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Miller v. Brass Rail Tavern, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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