Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Curtin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 14, 1987No. 00425PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9551. We affirm.

On March 12, 1982, appellant, Daniel Curtin, was found guilty by a jury of robbery, conspiracy and various firearms offenses for which the sentences imposed totaled ten to twenty years imprisonment. On direct appeal we affirmed the judgment of sentence on December 31, 1984. 488 A.2d 1162. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied Curtin’s petition for allowance of appeal on June 24, 1985.

Appellant filed a petition…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DarushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. PerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. ReddixSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. SlavikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. WitkowskiCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Commonwealth v. TennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. ShawSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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