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Commonwealth v. Nicholls

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 24, 1966No. Appeals, 18, 19, and 20PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

These-appeals are from judgments of sentence following verdicts of guilty returned by a'jury on two indictments (765 and 767 of 1965) charging burglary and larceny and a third indictment (No, 769 of 1965) charging loitering and prowling at night.

Briefly the facts are as follows. On March 31, 1965, at 8:30 p.m. appellant Robert Nicholls and a companion were observed at the front door of a home in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ringing the doorbell, trying the front door and. looking in a window immediately adjacent to the front door. Another man…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SoychakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Commonwealth v. COOPERSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. Brackin, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1972
  5. Commonwealth v. COOPERSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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