Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 6, 1982No. 517PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

Appellant was tried without a jury and convicted of possessing a controlled substance, 1 possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver, 2 and delivery of a controlled substance. 3 He was sentenced to a term of one and one-half to five years imprisonment on the delivery count; that sentence was suspended and appellant was placed on probation for five years. He was ordered to pay costs, a fine, and to repay the money used by the police to purchase the controlled substance from him. Upon payment of the costs, sentence was suspended as to the remaining counts. Post-trial…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TurnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. WojciechowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. EverettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. NeidigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. ConstantineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Com. v. Baker, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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