Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 16, 1983No. 1229, 1332 and 1465PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROWLEY, Judge:

Commencing September 4, 1980, appellants were tried jointly before a jury on charges of rape, simple assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and criminal conspiracy. On September 19, 1980, the jury returned a verdict finding Appellant Garvin guilty of the crimes of rape and simple assault and verdicts finding Appellants Smith and Bradley each guilty of rape. Appellants were found not *179guilty of the remaining charges. On May 6, 1981, after an evidentiary hearing, appellants’ post-verdict motions were argued and denied. Garvin and Bradley were each sentenced to serve a term…

2Cases cited153 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HenniganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. GarvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. LitzenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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