Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Riggins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 1977No. 40PublishedCited by 466 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant was arrested for possession of 53.9 grams (approximately 1.9 ounces) of marijuana. After a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.1 He was sentenced to serve two to five years imprisonment, fined $100 and ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. Appellant appealed to the Superior Court which affirmed judgment of sentence. Commonwealth v. Riggins, 232 Pa.Super. 32, 332 A.2d 521 (1974) (4-3) (separate dissenting opinions were filed by Hoffman, Cercone…
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