Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 3, 1968No. Appeal, No. 3PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and was sentenced in June of 1958 to serve a life sentence. In a May, 1966 Post Conviction Hearing Act petition he requested, inter alia, the right to file new trial motions nunc pro tunc and, if these were denied, the right to appeal from that denial. A hearing was held in the court below, limited by the judge to an examination of whether appellant Wilson’s right to appeal and right to the assistance of counsel on appeal had been violated. The hearing court found no violation of Douglas v.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by129 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MumfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. RitcheySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. SatchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. EzellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. NormanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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