Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bradford

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 22, 1982No. 144PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McEWEN, Judge:

We here consider an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed after the appellant was found guilty of robbery, following a non-jury trial, and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than sixteen months nor more than seven years. Appellant argues that the trial judge should not have permitted identification testimony from two witnesses since that testimony was the product of an impermissibly suggestive pre-arrest identification procedure. We affirm.

The victim of the robbery testified that a man snatched her pocketbook as she walked out of an underpass in downtown…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. FowlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. United States v. Joseph Charles Milhollan, A/K/A Alec Leroy FoltzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Ivie Wily Higgins, A/K/A Harry SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DerrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. EdwardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. SpiegelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. FergusonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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