Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Banks
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1968No. Appeal, 422Published
1Opinion of the Court
428 Pa. 571 (1968)
Commonwealth
v.
Banks, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued November 27, 1967.
January 9, 1968.
Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.
S.R. Zimmerman, III, for appellant.
Wilson Bucher, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
OPINION PER CURIAM, January 9, 1968:
Order affirmed.
DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS:
Not only does the majority's disposition of this appeal fly in the face of controlling United States Supreme Court cases, but in a matter of first impression for this Court it owes both the Bench and Bar, as well as…
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