Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1974No. Appeal, No. 73PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This is an appeal from the appellant’s conviction on charges of aggravated robbery and burglary.

On April 20,1973, a man entered Kelly’s Restaurant at 8:45 P.M. and asked the cashier to change a five dollar bill. The cashier did this and the man left. Fifteen minutes later this same man again entered the restaurant and said to the cashier, while displaying a gun, “Give me your big money and don’t scream.” The cashier gave the man $265 and he left the restaurant. The cashier immediately notified the police. The cashier’s husband who was also in the restaurant and observed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Bobby Russell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. Raymond Palmer v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
  4. Commonwealth v. TurnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Commonwealth v. MacKeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. PerdieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. VossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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