Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Eshelman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 22, 1975No. Appeal, 1196PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Appellant was found guilty on April 8, 1974, by the lower court sitting without a jury of possession of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijuana.1 Following the denial of post-trial motions, the appellant was fined $500 and sentenced to a term of not less than 3 months nor more than 22 months in the Blair County Prison.

*225The facts indicate that appellant lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Smith, in her house in Taylor Township, Blair County, adjacent to the Borough of Roaring Springs. On October 15, 1973, Mr. Norman Decker went to the wooded area behind the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Melvin Corngold v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. DingfeltSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EshelmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. BoreckySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. BaldwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. United States v. PorttU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. BoreckySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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