Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dockins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 20, 1984No. 2278PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WICKERSHAM, Judge:
This case comes to us after the Honorable Edward J. Blake of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas denied appellant Charles Dockins’ petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA). 1 Dockins was arrested in December of 1970 and charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and battery, assault with in tent to kill, firearms violations, and burglary. A suppression motion was heard and denied; the case proceeded to trial before the Honorable Edward Rosenwald and a jury. Dockins was- convicted on all of the aforementioned charges.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BradshawSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. McKnightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. DockinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Charles Thomas Lewis v. Philip L. Johnson, Superintendent, Sci-Pittsburgh Mike Fisher, Attorney General of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Cutbirth v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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