Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. DeSimone

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 1972No. Appeal, 96Published

1Opinion of the Court

447 Pa. 380 (1972)

Commonwealth

v.

DeSimone, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted March 15, 1971.

April 20, 1972.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

William J. Franks, for appellant.

Thomas P. Ruane, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph Kovach, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 20, 1972:

We must here decide whether the principles recently enunciated in Commonwealth v. Anderson, 441 Pa. 483, 272 A. 2d 877 (1971), should apply to trials which took place prior to our decision in that…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  3. Desist v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Mayer v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Metropolis Theatre Co. v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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