Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Getz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 22, 1975No. Appeal, 863PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Spaeth, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of burglary and larceny. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and denied, and appellant was sentenced to 7% to 15 years imprisonment on the burglary conviction, and in addition was ordered to pay a $100.00 fine and make restitution. Sentence was suspended on the larceny conviction.

The facts of the case follow: On November 4, 1972, an Easton police officer received a message that an anonymous caller had informed the police of a “suspicious person in the area of the Star Cafe loading cases of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. RavenellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LemanskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. DanielsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. WeimerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. WeikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. CurrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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