Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dessus
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 13, 1969No. Appeals, 1237 to 1245PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Montgomery, J.,
This was a homicide ease. The defendant-appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree on Indictment No. 290 and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the jury therefor. On all other indictments on which he was adjudged guilty by the jury, the defendant has appealed from the sentences imposed by the court as follows: Indictment No. 283, Rape, Sentence of 10 to 20 years; No. 284, Rape, Sentence suspended; No. 285, Rape, Sentence of 10 to 20 years, commencing at the expiration of sentence imposed on No. 283; No. 286, Burglary, Sentence of 10 to 25 years,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Ronald James Dessus v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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