Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sisak

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 28, 1969No. Appeal, 354PublishedCited by 116 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

On February 9, 1966, Frank Sisak (appellant) was found guilty of burglary and larceny after trial by jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Luzerne County. After his motion for a new trial was denied, he was sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment. The judgment of sentence was affirmed by the Superior Court per curiam, Judge Hoffman filing a dissenting opinion in which Judge Spaulding joined. Commonwealth v. Sisak, 211 Pa. Superior Ct. 255, 235 A. 2d 630 (1967). We granted allocatur.

As we view this appeal, the question presented is whether the trial…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. Segriff v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Commonwealth v. JONESSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by116 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. PressleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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