Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Phillips
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 17, 1966No. Appeals, 147, 148, and 149PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Jacobs, J.,
On August 2, 1965 appellant, Kenneth Phillips, was granted a writ of habeas corpus by the Court of Common Pleas of York County. The basis for issuing the writ was the fact that he was unrepresented by counsel and did not intelligently waive counsel at the time of a 1955 guilty plea and sentencing on three bills of indictment for robbery, burglary and prison breach. The court directed that the defendant stand trial on the three indictments.
On August IB, 1965 appellant filed a motion to dismiss the 1955 bills of indictment on the ground that they had never been approved by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. GockleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by26 opinions
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. StukesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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