Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Clemmons
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1984No. 57 M.D. Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
The appellee, Charlie Will Clemmons, was found guilty of murder in the first degree following a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County. Following the denial of his posttrial motions, appellee was sentenced to a life *360term imprisonment. Represented by new counsel, appellee filed a direct appeal to the Superior Court challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and raising numerous ineffectiveness of counsel claims.
Reaching the merits of the sufficiency of evidence claims, the Superior Court, 312 Pa.Super. 475, 459 A.2d 1, found that the Commonwealth’s…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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- Commonwealth v. AmosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by131 opinions
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