Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cooney

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 21, 1988No. 160PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed after appellant, Charles Cooney, was convicted in two sepa*338rate trials of robbery and former convict not to own a firearm.1

Appellant seeks review of the following issues: (1) whether appellant’s due process rights which he alleges exist under the Agreement on Detainers Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9101 et seq. (Detainers Act) were violated when he was tried on charges other than those for which he was transferred to Pennsylvania; and (2) whether the trial court erred in determining that Pa.R.Cr.P. No. 1100, 42 Pa.C.S.A. rather than…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MerloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. State v. CasusoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. FrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cooney v. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
  2. Cooney v. FulcomerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989

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