Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Costigan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 7, 1979No. 18PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*523CERCONE, President Judge:

The instant appeal arises from the judgment of sentence the court imposed upon appellant for robbery.1 Before us on appeal are two questions for our review: (1) whether the court below was correct in denying appellant relief under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100; and (2) whether the suppression court correctly found the Commonwealth sustained its burden of proving a valid consensual search to support the police’s seizure of a weapon located in the trunk of the auto in appellant’s custody. Since we find no error in the proceedings in the court below, we affirm.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. RaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MarkmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. CullenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. MeoliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. CostiganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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