1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 454 Pa.
  5. 454 Pa. 506 (1973)
 

COMMONWEALTH v. RIFE

454 Pa. 506 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Rife, Appellant. Commonwealth v. Hughes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Alch, with him John A. Daly, John R. Truman, and Ronald J. Hagarman, for appellants.

Oscar F. Spicer, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, November 26, 1973:

On March 26, 1971 appellants, Hillen G. Rife and Larry Hughes, and four codefendants below were engaged in a fight in Abbottstown, Adams County, Pennsylvania with Paul Shoemaker and Austin Shoemaker, two brothers, and one Laverne Legore. The Shoemakers sustained injuries in the affray, and Legore was killed by a severe blow to the chest. Following a trial without jury, appellants were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases