Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Giknis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 22, 1980No. 41PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas, York County, denying relief requested by appellant, Christopher Lynn Giknis, in a petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act. 1
On March 31, 1973, appellant was arrested and charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Donald Garrety. Pursuant to the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966, 2 the court ordered a sanity commission convened as called for in Section 408, 50 P.S. § 4408, to determine if appellant was competent to stand trial. An Assistant Public Defender was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Bishop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- V. P. Serodino, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Commonwealth v. MoonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. HowardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. TilleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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