Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McBride

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 1, 1991No. 166 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1990PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

In this appeal the Commonwealth seeks reversal of the order of the Superior Court affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which quashed the criminal information filed against appellee, Robert McBride. 401 Pa.Super. 643, 577 A.2d 651.

Following a preliminary hearing in Philadelphia Municipal Court, appellee was held for trial on the charge of criminal trespass.1 On December 22, 1988, appellee filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County a Motion to Quash the Return of Transcript (“Motion to *156Quash”),2 asserting that the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. WojdakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Robert Stewart v. Lynne AbrahamCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. KaretnySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. HugginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. MartiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. HockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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