Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dorsey

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 25, 1979No. 1438PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

The six judges who heard this appeal being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

PRICE, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance in which VAN der VOORT, J., joins. SPAETH, J., files an opinion in support of reversal in which CERCONE, President Judge, joins. JACOBS and WATKINS, former President Judges, and HOFFMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case. PRICE, Judge,

in support of affirmance:

Appellant was charged with delivery and conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, specifically heroin, contrary to the Controlled Substance, Drug,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Miller v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. People v. ZackowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. James Corbett Churder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SpeaksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. ArenellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. ArenellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. Group Two Properties Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County2005
  5. Commonwealth v. RedmondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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