Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. James
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1985No. 66 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
This is the appeal of William David James from the Superior Court’s Order reversing an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court’s Order entered-on October 2, 1980, by the Honorable Henry Smith, suppressing the in-court identification of Appellant.
Appellant was arrested on May 2, 1979, and charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, terroristic threats, and simple assault, (18 Pa.C.S. Sections 3123(1), 3126(1), 2706, 2701(a)(1)).
On September 24, 1979, Appellant pled guilty to the charges filed against him, but on April 10, 1980, the trial court…
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