Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 1983No. 264PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, Judge:
Gregory Brown, who was convicted of robbery in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, in November 1979, and sentenced to one and one half to five years in the state correctional institution, charges that he was erroneously certified as an adult, and that he was convicted upon insufficient evidence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction.
When appellant Brown was arrested for the crime in question on December 1, 1978, he was sixteen years old, and he was charged as a juvenile. The Commonwealth filed notice to certify him as an adult and a full evidentiary *228hear…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984