Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cornish

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 28, 1977No. 299 and 310PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

In a non jury trial, Clarence Cornish was convicted of criminal conspiracy, robbery, and murder of the second degree. Concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, eight to sixteen years imprisonment, and five to ten years imprisonment were imposed. Post-verdict motions were denied and these appeals followed.1 The appeals were later submitted to this Court without oral argument.

On March 17, 1976, we filed a per curiam opinion affirming the judgments of sentence.2 Cornish then peti*260tioned for oral argument claiming that the issues we said had not been presented…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. United States v. Winston Valdemar SpringerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. D'AmatoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. SextonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Traylor v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. PughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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