Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hude
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 31, 1980No. 47PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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NIX, Justice.
These two appeals present the same question of law: may a defendant be tried for perjury arising out of statements he made in a prior trial in which he was acquitted of the charges brought against him? We have consolidated these appeals to address this common issue.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Hude Appeal
Appellant, Manfred Hude, was charged with twenty counts of possession and delivery of marijuana and one count of corruption of a minor. The charges arose out of a series of sales of marijuana to the same individual which were alleged to have occurred between October 1974 and…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by80 opinions
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