Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rush

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 17, 1992PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant, Larry Rush, was convicted of aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of crime. He was sentenced to serve an aggregate prison term of 12 and lk to 25 years. Appellant appeals from the order of the Superior Court, 398 Pa.Super. 648, 573 A.2d 623, affirming the judgments of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

The facts giving rise to his convictions are as follows. On May 4, 1987, Edna Nitterauer was working at a Philadelphia bookstore when a man entered the store. The store owner…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. BegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. CrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. WoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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