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Commonwealth v. Mason

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 5, 1986No. 1110, 1154, 1158, 1216, 1266, and 1275PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

The procedural history of this case reveals that on June 13, 1979, the Philadelphia County Investigating Grand Jury of November 29, 1978 issued indictments charging each of the six Appellants with the following criminal offenses arising from two separate firebombing incidents of Philadelphia residences on December 3,1977: three separate counts of murder; 1 two separate counts of arson, endangering persons and endangering property; 2 causing a catastrophe and risking a catastrophe; 3 and criminal conspiracy. 4

Pursuant to the Investigating Grand Jury Act (the Act), 5 a probable…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GonzalezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. RizzutoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Cohen v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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