Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Diggs

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 22, 1978No. 1762PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

On May 14, 1976, appellant, Martin Diggs, was convicted by a jury of burglary and six counts of aggravated robbery. Post-trial motions were argued and denied and sentence imposed. On this direct appeal, appellant raises several assignments of error in rulings of the trial court. Because we find his contentions without merit we will affirm.

*352Testimony at the suppression hearing and at trial revealed the following scenario. On April 5, 1973 at 7:40 A.M., appellant walked into the Baldwin Dairies, at Foulkrod and Duffield Streets in Philadelphia, requesting employment. An employee,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. PottsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. ThomasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. OlivenciaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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