Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Todt

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1983No. 1074PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This appeal arises out of Robert Todt’s challenge to his conviction of attempted homicide; criminal conspiracy and criminal solicitation. Todt alleges that he was denied a fair trial because of errors relating to the admission of evidence, prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel; he also complains that his sentence is illegal.

Robert Todt was arrested on July 25, 1980 and charged with offenses involving the shooting of his wife, Loretta Todt. Todt applied for a change of venue because of pre-trial publicity which application was denied by a judge of the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. GoldblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. WhackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. PungitoreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. TaraschiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. LeatherburySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. SpencerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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