Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Weitkamp

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1978No. 62 and 69PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

On January 20, 1975, following a joint trial before a jury, appellants were convicted of perjury. 1 After the denial of post-trial motions, appellant Weitkamp was sentenced to pay costs and a fine of $500, and to imprisonment for one year. Appellant Bortner was sentenced to one year in prison. These appeals raise numerous, substantially identical claims of error in regard to the proceedings below. After a careful review, we have found appellants’ claims to be without merit and affirm the judgments of sentence.

In May of 1973, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission received a letter…

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  2. Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. GenoveseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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