Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Corish

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 5, 1982No. 244PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

William Corish was tried non-jury and convicted of theft by receiving stolen property 1 and carrying a firearm without a license. 2 Post trial motions were denied, and Corish was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years. On appeal, he contends (1) that the court below committed error by refusing to grant a pre-trial suppression of the firearm; (2) that the trial evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdicts; and (3) that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective.

There is no merit in appellant’s first two contentions.…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. TwiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HenniganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. ArenellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. HenniganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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