Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Davenport

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 1981No. 1016PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

Appellant was convicted at trial without a jury of aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and robbery on the highway. All appellant’s post-verdict motions were denied with the exception of a motion in arrest of judgment on the aggravated assault conviction. Appellant was given a suspended sentence on the conspiracy conviction and three years probation on the robbery count. This appeal followed. The sole contention on appeal is that the lower court improperly admitted evidence of “prior crimes” by the appellant and thereby deprived him of a fair trial. We affirm the lower…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. SpruillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. BondSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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