Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

Wilson Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1970No. Appeal, 500PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Late in the afternoon of June 2, 1968, Charles Laverne Wilson and several other youths became in*427volved in an inter-racial street fight in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. No one was seriously injured in the course of the affray, and Wilson’s participation was apparently confined to having thrown a few punches. Juvenile delinquency proceedings, however, were brought against Wilson as a result of the incident.

Wilson’s case came on for a hearing at 9 :30 a.m. on July 24, 1968. His counsel, whom he met for the first time that morning, entered no plea in Wilson’s behalf and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. DanielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WronaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Augustus E. Harvin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  3. In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile No. J-86509Arizona Supreme Court · 1979
  4. In Re Interest of AMHNebraska Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

29 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API