Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Diehl

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1954No. Appeals, Nos. 180 to 186PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Chidsey,

Appellant was charged with seven criminal offenses, four of which were felonies. The charges arose out of the same transaction and the cases were jointly tried by a jury which found appellant guilty on all counts. A motion for new trial was dismissed and sentences imposed.

At the trial no evidence was produced by the appellant to controvert the facts established by numerous witnesses called by the Commonwealth. On the night of July 15, 1952 following an altercation in a cafe in the City of Allentown, appellant was ejected therefrom. He went to Ms home, returned…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Prine v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Milewski v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  4. Lynch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Turk v. AsheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Western Reserve Life Insurance v. MeadowsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. GallowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. TizerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. The PEOPLE v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1968

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