Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Davenport
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 13, 1978No. 1824PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
Appellant was convicted at a nonjury trial on an indictment charging in two counts that appellant had made inconsistent statements under oath in violation of the Crimes Code, Act of Dec. 6, 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4902(e). Post-trial motions were denied, and on the first count appellant was sentenced to costs, a $100 fine, and one to three years in prison; on the second count sentence was suspended.
The charges against appellant arose from the following events.
On February 1, 1974, a police officer stopped a speeding car with five men in it; appellant was the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. MandujanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. LockhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States v. Dwight L. ChapinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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- Commonwealth v. BowserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. BidnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WomackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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