Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1971No. Appeal, 46PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Eagen,
In the early morning hours of July 27, 1969, the office of an organization providing emergency ambulance service in Washington, Pennsylvania, received a phone call from an anonymous person saying F. K. Fawcett had been injured in a fall and requesting that an ambulance be dispatched to his residence. Mr. Fawcett was an elderly gentleman who lived alone in a house in East Washington which was secluded from other residences in the area.
When the ambulance attendants arrived at the Fawcett residence, they discovered the house had been broken into. They also found Mr.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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