Commonwealth v. Galloway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
On March 30, 1972, Cornell Galloway was convicted by a jury in Lancaster County of Murder in the second degree. Motions for a new trial 1 and in arrest of judgment were timely filed, but before the date fixed for oral argument of these motions, Galloway escaped from the Lancaster County Prison and became a fugitive from justice. On November 2, 1972, acting on a petition filed by the district attorney, the trial court entered an order dismissing Galloway’s post-trial motions with prejudice on the basis of Molinaro v. New Jersey, 396 U.S. 365, 90 S.Ct. 498, 24…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Molinaro v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Commonwealth v. GrilloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Johnson v. LairdCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Michael Allen SwigartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Gary Lee Doctor v. Gilbert A. WaltersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Commonwealth v. PassaroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. ChopakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AlbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. BordenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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