Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Herron

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 24, 1977No. 67PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Hugh Gerard Herron, was tried before a jury and found guilty of selling approximately one pound of marijuana to an undercover state police officer. Post-verdict motions were denied and Herron was sentenced to imprisonment for two and one-half to five years. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Herron, 235 Pa.Super. 740, 346 A.2d 64 (1975). Herron’s petition for allowance of appeal was granted and this appeal followed.

Only one issue is presented by the appeal: whether the trial judge committed reversible error in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Commonwealth v. GarvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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3Cited by55 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. BonasorteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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