Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bey

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 5, 1982No. 805PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of March 26, 1979.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault, 1 robbery 2 and possession of an instrument of crime 3 on December 13, 1978, following a trial by jury. The lower court denied post verdict motions which raised, as improper, the court’s admission of testimony regarding defendant’s post-arrest silence. Appellant now appeals from the judgment of sentence imposing consecutive sentences of ten to twenty years for robbery and two and one-half to five years for the weapons offense. 4 For the reasons set forth herein, we…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. United States v. Alton R. FairchildCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Victor Hassine v. Charles Zimmerman, Superintendent, and the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. ManchasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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