Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mills
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 1971No. Appeal, 321PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether or not a person may be convicted and punished in the courts of Pennsylvania if he has previously been convicted and punished in a federal court for the identical unlawful conduct.
The appellant, Bonald Edward Mills, was arrested with an accomplice for the robbery of a federally insured Savings and Loan Association in Philadelphia. They were indicted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for violations of the state’s criminal code, specifically, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, unlawfully carrying a firearm…
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