Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Clark

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 19, 1973No. Appeal, 72PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

On March 4, 1970, following a jury trial, appellant was found guilty on sixteen counts of corrupt solicitation 1 and sixteen, counts of bribery. 2 Post-trial motions were denied and on February 21, 1971, sentence was imposed. 3 An appeal was taken, to the Superior Court which resulted in an affirmance of the judgment of sentence. Judge Hoeeman filed a dissenting opinion in which Judge Spaulding and Judge CJercone joined. Commonwealth v. Clark 220 Pa. Superior Ct. 326, 286 A. 2d 383 (1971). We granted allocatur and now we reverse.

The appellant contends that reversible…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Commonwealth v. TrowerySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. SpruillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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