Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wright

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1975No. Appeal, No. 1940PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Watkins, P. J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal Section, of Philadelphia County, after conviction in a non-jury trial of the charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver; and from the denial of post-trial motions.

On a Sunday, September 3, 1972, at about 7:59 A.M., a police officer observed an automobile being driven so slowly, at an estimated speed of five miles per hour, that the officer suspected that the operator was intoxicated. He had observed the car for several blocks and it was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Commonwealth v. KatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. People v. PayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. GonzalesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. SojournerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. BagleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. HarmesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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