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Riggins Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 27, 1969No. Appeal, No. 290PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the then County Court of Philadelphia County, discharging Louis Riggins from custody. On August 22, 1968, a group of youths burst into a bar. One fired a shotgun and killed a patron. When Rig-gins learned that the police considered him a suspect, he surrendered to them on August 26th, at which time he was formally arrested. He was arraigned on a charge of murder on August 27th, and bail was then fixed at <fl,000.

*323A preliminary hearing was held before Judge Montemuro of the then County Court on December 17th.1…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GenoveseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. HetheringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. BraykovichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. PradoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. RawlesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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