Legal Opinion
Collins v. Brierly
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1974No. Nos. 72-1036 and 72-1037PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*736OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
During the course of an armed robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1967, one Nicholas Fytikas was shot and killed by Norman Stanyard, an acquaintance of petitioner, Royall Collins, alleged to be the driver of the getaway car. After a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Collins was convicted of second degree murder, and the judgment was affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.1 During the course of its opinion, that Court held that it had been error to admit a statement of Collins into evidence at his trial but…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. Ralph F. DeleoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Harold S. Alston v. Walter Redman, Warden Charles M. Oberly, Iii, Attorney General of the State of Delaware and the State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Fawaz YunisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Hayward v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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