Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. O'BRIEN
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 1956No. Appeal, 106PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Woodside, J.,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to grant defendant’s motion to quash an indictment on the ground that he was not present at a preliminary hearing.
An information was filed by a police officer before a justice of the peace of Montgomery County charging the defendant John G. O’Brien with armed robbery, burglary and violation of the Firearms Act on August 12, 1953 in that county.
On October 21, 1953 the justice of the peace held a preliminary hearing at which the defendant was not present because he was at the time in jail in Philadelphia County…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Goldsby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lem Woon v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Commonwealth v. BrownmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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3Cited by76 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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