Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wade
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 6, 1979No. 66PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Gordon I. Wade, was convicted of murder of the first degree for the strangulation slaying of Donna Murphy. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This direct appeal followed.
Appellant first claims that the trial court erred in refusing to discharge him because of the Commonwealth’s alleged noncompliance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100. We do not agree.
Appellant was arrested on December 16, 1976, with the one hundred eighty day period called for in Rule 1100 expiring on June 14, 1977. Trial was originally…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by27 opinions
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