Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DITZLER
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 13, 1971No. Appeal, 127PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Eagen,
The sole but difficult and important question posed by this appeal is whether or not the appellants were denied their constitutional right to a speedy trial.1
The facts are as follows:
On February 15, 1965, the appellants, Charles G. Ditzler and Leon Ruhl, were indicted in Lebanon County on charges of prison breach, robbery by assault and force and larceny of a motor vehicle, all of which crimes allegedly occurred on January 13, 1965.
Before the indictments were returned, Ditzler and Ruhl had been taken into custody in the State of Tennessee, convicted on criminal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. WareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. NormanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. CARDONICKSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BunterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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