Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1977No. 439 and 556PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’BRIEN, Justice.
This appeal arises from the dismissal, without a hearing, by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, of the counselled Post Conviction Hearing Act Petition of appellant, Edward Bennett. The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows.
In October, 1965, appellant was tried by a judge sitting with a jury and was convicted of murder in the second degree, aggravated robbery and conspiracy. On March 18, 1966, post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to ten to twenty years’ imprisonment for conviction of murder in the second degree, ten to twenty years’…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Roberts v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HollerbushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. AshleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. PorterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Foxworth v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
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