Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Green

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1981No. 150PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County and involves defendant’s appeal from a judgment of sentence entered against him after he was convicted by a jury of making terroristic threats in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.A. 2706. The defendant claims, inter alia, that the statute setting forth the offense is unconstitutionally vague and infringes upon his right to free speech.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, the facts of the case establish that: On June 25, 1978, the defendant went to the home of Francis Hartlaub, the defendant’s mother…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Commonwealth v. HeinbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. State v. CampbellOregon Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. ZasloffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. State v. GunzelmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AnneskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. State v. MilnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. GonceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. ChanceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. SpellerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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