Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Albright

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1973No. Appeal, No. 157PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The six judges who heard this appeal being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

In Support of Reversal :

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence following appellant’s conviction by a Lancaster County jury for being an accessory before the fact in an armed robbery.1

The principa] in the crime, John Price Getz, testified that he committed the robbery only after being “toreed” to do so by threats of personal harm made to him by the appellant, whom he feared. He testified further that appellant planned the robbery and provided Mm with…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. KatchmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Powers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. WellsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Finch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Allen v. KaplanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. CrearySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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