Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Downer

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 1947No. Appeals, 131 and 132PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

When this case was before us for the first time (Com. v. Downer, 159 Pa. Superior Ct. 626, 49 A. 2d 516), we overruled the assignments of error except those relating to the several sentences, which were sustained, and remitted the record to the court below with direction to proceed to sentence defendant anew in due form and according to law on three (Nos. 257, 269, and 270, March Sessions, 1945) of the five indictments (Nos. 257, 267, 268, 269, and 270, March Sessions, 1945). We held that bills Nos. 267 and 268 would not sustain sentences as they charged in variant form the same…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Com. Ex Rel. Paige v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Commonwealth. v. GarramoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  3. Halderman's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Commonwealth v. Mayloy & KeatingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  5. De Benque v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Holly v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Commonwealth v. BaileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. ZelnickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Commonwealth v. BilinskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. PHILLIPSSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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