Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hicks

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 17, 1966No. Appeals, 523 and 524PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

Appellant-defendant was tried and found guilty by the Honorable Robert W. Trembath without a jury, on charges of burglary, attempted burglary, and possession of burglary tools. His motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment having been overruled sentences were imposed on the indictments charging burglary and possessing burglary tools with sentence being suspended on the charge of attempted burglary. The only issues before us are the legality of the actions of the police officer who apprehended the defendant, and the sufficiency of the evidence, particularly the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Rios v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. People v. SimonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  2. People v. TaggartNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. HernleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. State v. DilleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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