Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dial
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1971No. Appeal, 183PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice O’Brien,
Appellant, Charles Dial, was indicted on three separate bills charging: unlawful possession of drugs on June 28, 1968 (No. 173), unlawful possession of drugs and malicious loitering and prowling on July 11, 1968 (No. 235), and unlawful possession of drugs on August 2, 1968 (No. 303).
Following a nonjury trial, appellant was found guilty on all counts, save for the loitering and prowling count contained in Bill No. 235. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied, and appellant was sentenced to concurrent five-to-twenty-year prison terms on Nos.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. DeMichelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Robert McClure Jr., and Donald Gaxiola v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. AmbersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- State v. DavenportHawaii Supreme Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. WhitehouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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