Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 19, 1982No. 2584PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HESTER, Judge:
The appellant, Michael Franklin, was charged with criminal conspiracy, possessing an instrument of crime, robbery, carrying firearms on a public street and carrying firearms without a license. These charges arose from an incident wherein the appellant and his co-defendant entered a Philadelphia grocery store, threatened the owner with a sawed-off shotgun and fled with a revolver and $135.00 in cash.
The charges were brought via the filing of a written complaint on October 18, 1974. Trial finally commenced on April 30, 1975, 193 days following the filing of the written complaint.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SheltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. O'SheaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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