Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rightnour
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 1976No. 23PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The appellant’s prior direct appeal to this Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment of sentence by an equally divided court. Commonwealth v. Rightnour, 435 Pa. 104, 253 A.2d 644 (1969). Appellant later sought post-conviction relief, but his petition was dismissed on *110the ground that the issues sought to be raised had been “finally litigated” within the meaning of § 1180-4 of the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, § 4, 19 P.S. 1180-4. This appeal followed.
We are of the opinion that the former appeal did not constitute “final litigation” under…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. RightnourSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
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4Cited by27 opinions
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