Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Petrulli
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1956No. Appeal, 5PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
Defendant conducts a so-called coffee shop in the City of McKeesport. On a charge of conducting a lottery there he was convicted on evidence which established his guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. In seeking a new trial he contends that he was cross-examined over objection in violation of the immunity vouchsafed him by the Act of March 15, 1911, P. L. 20, 19 PS §711.
When called as a witness in his own behalf, in response to a question put to him by his counsel the defendant testified “that he was 40 years old and that he had never been convicted of a crime in this court”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FarleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Commonwealth v. ComerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Freddie M. Johnson v. Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent, Appeal of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. RoseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. AlbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth v. BastoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. McFarlin, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County2009