Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hagans

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 24, 1979No. 188PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, William Westly Hagans, was convicted of two counts of robbery and one count of criminal conspiracy in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. He was sentenced to five to ten years in prison for each count of robbery, the sentences to run concurrently. Sentence on the conspiracy conviction was suspended. The Superior Court affirmed the judgments of sentence. Commonwealth v. Hagans, 241 Pa.Super. 575, 360 A.2d 670 (1976). We granted appellant’s petition for allowance of appeal.

The Commonwealth’s evidence shows that appellant along with his…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Hopt v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. SzuchonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. GoldblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. PhilpotSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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