Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 1978No. 1063PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, President Judge:
Appellant Carl Brown brings this appeal from a dismissal of his P.C.H.A. petition. 1 He contends that he was not in “official detention” at the time he walked away from a work release program, and was erroneously charged with escape under 18 C.P.S.A. § 5121(a). That section reads:(a) Escape. — A person commits an offense if he unlawfully removes himself from official detention or fails to return to official detention following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose or limited period.
In the alternative, he argues that the charge of escape should have been…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. HaskinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
- State v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. KigginsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
- Shifflett v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- State v. FurlongSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Commonwealth v. HobsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. KaufmannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Brinker's International, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Weissenstein)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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