Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. CARDONICK
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1972No. Appeals, 325 and 326; Appeal, 327PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
This consolidated appeal requires us to decide whether the return of indictments, subsequently quashed because of the failure to notify defendants which grand jury would consider the bills of indictment, 1 tolled the statute of limitations. 2 We conclude that the quashed indictments failed to toll the statute of limitations and the later bills, submitted and returned after the time period provided by the statute of limitations, 3 were properly quashed in No. 327, Commonwealth v. Canada, 4 and should have been quashed in Nos. 325-26, Commonwealth v. Cardonick et…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RussellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. CartagenaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GoldhammerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. VolkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. AdamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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