Commonwealth v. Thornton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1981-07-02

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OPINION OF THE COURT ROBERTS, Justice. This is a direct appeal from judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County upon conviction of murder of the first degree. Appellant, Elgin L. Thornton, raises one claim of error: that the trial court, over defense objection, improperly admitted an oral statement made by…

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