Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Danis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 9, 1938No. Appeal, 21PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Parker, J.,
The defendant was charged with arson in an indictment containing five counts. He entered a plea of not guilty and was tried in a court of oyer and terminer when a jury returned a verdict of guilty on the third count. .The legal effect of the verdict was to acquit defendant on the first, second, fourth, and fifth counts: Girts v. Com., 22 Pa. 351; Com. v. Curry, 285 Pa. 289, 132 A. 370; Com. v. McEvans, 92 Pa. Superior Ct. 124, 128. Thereafter the trial court granted a new trial for errors in the charge and defendant was called for retrial. He again entered a plea of not…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Commonwealth v. CurrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Com. of Pa. v. KlineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Commonwealth v. SharplessSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Commonwealth v. DonatoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BallesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. MowadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Commonwealth ex rel. Davidson v. Rundle, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Huntingdon County1962