Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Washington

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1975No. 25 & 26PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant, Carl Milo Washington, was tried and convicted of burglary, larceny, receiving stolen goods, and possession of burglary tools in the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County. Post-verdict motions were denied and on appeal in the Superior Court, the judgment of sentence was affirmed. A petition for allowance of appeal in this Court was granted, but limited to the question of whether the trial court erred in refusing to require the Commonwealth to disclose the identity of the informant who led to appellant’s arrest.

Appellant did not deny…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HerronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. IannaccioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. MarshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. RoebuckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. BonasorteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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