Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Stokes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeal, 405PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

Appellant, while represented by counsel, waived a jury trial and was found guilty of two counts each of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault and battery. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and an appeal to the Superior Court resulted in a remand for the filing of post-trial motions. Those motions were filed, argued and dismissed by the trial court, which then reimposed the original sentence. A second appeal to the Superior Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment of sentence, Commonwealth v. Stokes, 221 Pa. Superior Ct. 721, 288 A. 2d 543…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. O'DonnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. In re J.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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