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Commonwealth v. Green

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 8, 1959No. Appeal, 385PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

On July 24, 1957, three 15 year old boys — the appellant Green, Edwin Walker and James Crowsony— *140made plans to rob a jewelry store located on German-town Avenue, Philadelphia. However the next morning the boys abandoned their original plans and decided to rob a drug store located on Germantown Avenue, a drug store owned and operated by Jacob Wall-field, a 75 year old man.

Pursuant to their plans the three boys, at approximately 8:45 A.M. on July 25, 1957, entered the drug store. Walker sat on a stool at the soda fountain, Orowson stood near a counter and…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Commonwealth v. BuccieriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  4. Commonwealth. v. GarramoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Commonwealth v. StabinskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. People v. ColesMichigan Supreme Court · 1983
  5. People v. LaraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

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