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Commonwealth v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 29, 1976
349 A.2d 911 (Pa. 1976)

Opinion

January 29, 1976.

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division — Criminal Section, for Philadelphia County, at No. 1096, September Term, 1972; Juanita Kidd Stout, Judge.

John Rogers Carroll, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION


Judgment of sentence affirmed.

ROBERTS, J., filed a concurring opinion.

CONCURRING OPINION


The sole issue presented in this direct appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict of murder in the first degree. Because the evidence supports a finding of felony murder, I agree that the conviction should be affirmed.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 29, 1976
349 A.2d 911 (Pa. 1976)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Edward BROWN, a/k/a Richard Goodwin…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 29, 1976

Citations

349 A.2d 911 (Pa. 1976)
349 A.2d 911

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