Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Conner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1973No. Appeal, 51PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
On January 24, 1968, appellant Conner was adjudged guilty, by a jury, of the unlawful possession of a firearm. Uniform Firearms Act, Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §628, as amended, 18 P.S. §4628. Post-trial motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied. An appeal to the Superior Court resulted in a per curiam order of affirmance, with two judges dissenting. Commonwealth v. Conner, 217 Pa. Superior Ct. 85, 266 A. 2d 784 (1970).1 This Court granted allocatur. We now reverse and remand for a new trial.
Appellant, on this appeal, challenges as error…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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