Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 6, 1990No. 1583PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
The issue in this appeal is whether the doctrine of “collateral consequences,” which prevented a collateral attack on a criminal conviction from becoming moot after the sentence had been served, has been superseded by the provisions of the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541 et seq.
Thomas Pierce, a/k/a Thomas Nevius, entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder on April 4, 1972 and was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than fifteen (15) years. He did not file a petition to withdraw his guilty plea and did not…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Masland v. BachmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DriscollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SheehanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- United States v. Earl BushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by20 opinions
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