Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Robinson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1934No. Appeals, 281 and 282PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to prison for conspiracy to defraud. The Superior Court affirmed the conviction and from that judgment an appeal was allowed.

The order allowing the appeal was restricted to “whether the defendant’s constitutional right to an impartial trial by jury was denied by the action of the trial judge in accepting the agreed statement of facts subject to any contradictions contained in the evidence produced in the trial of the codefendant, and in entering judgment and pronouncing sentence upon his conclusions drawn from the statement…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Garland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Byers & Davis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
  4. Hester v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
  5. Alexander v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. FugmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Commonwealth v. JenningsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Commonwealth v. KerrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

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