Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Banks

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 13, 1987No. 162 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

513 Pa. 318 (1987)

521 A.2d 1

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

George Emil BANKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 20, 1986.

Decided February 13, 1987.

Reargument Denied May 28, 1987.

Basil G. Russin, Al Flora, Jr., Wilkes-Barre, for appellant.

Robert J. Gillespie, Jr., Dist. Atty., Joseph C. Giebus, Asst. Dist. Atty., Wilkes-Barre, Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In the early morning hours of September 25, 1982,…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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