Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Higby

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 31, 1989No. 1777PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Appellant appeals a Judgment of Sentence imposed following his conviction on numerous charges stemming from the sexual assault of two young girls. After a review of Appellant’s claims, we find it necessary to vacate the sentence imposed and award Appellant a new trial. Based upon our disposition, we will not address Appellant’s allegations of error pertaining to the trial court’s evidentiary rulings and Appellant’s request for a mistrial. However, we do find, contrary to Appellant’s claim, that the trial court properly denied Appellant’s motion to suppress and we rely upon the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. GallagherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. EmgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. CacekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. M.C. v. R.W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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