Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Santiago
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1974No. Appeal, 178PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mandebino,
The appellant, Miguel Maldonado Santiago, was convicted in 1963 of first degree murder. Post-verdict motions were filed but later withdrawn and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. No appeal was filed. Collateral proceedings followed which are reported in Commonwealth ex rel. Santiago v. Myers, 440 Pa. 543, 271 A. 2d 216 (1970), and Commonwealth ex rel. Santiago v. Myers, 419 Pa. 326, 214 A. 2d 206 (1965). In 1970, following an evidentiary hearing ordered by this Court, the trial court found that the appellant had not waived his post-verdict rights or…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by37 opinions
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