Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Whiting
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1970No. Appeal, 213PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Egberts,
On April 9, 1968, appellant was found guilty by a jury of robbery, aggravated robbery, and assault and battery, all arising out of a. purse snatching. Following the denial of post-trial motions he was sentenced to serve from four to twelve years. He thereupon appealed to the Superior Court, which affirmed the judgment of sentence per curiam without opinion. We granted allocatur.
On November 9, 1967 appellant was arrested for the purse snatching in question. Approximately one hour after his arrest, the victim was shown eight photographs, one of which was the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. William Edward Zeiler, United States of America v. William Edward Zeiler, Richard Peter Chiocca, William Edward ZeilerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Willie Samuel Rivers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by118 opinions
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