Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Harper
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 22, 1971No. Appeal, 1150PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hoffman, J.,
Appellant was arrested and charged with unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was tried in Philadelphia Municipal Court, found guilty, and sentenced to one to three years. Pursuant to the provisions of the Schedule to the Judiciary Article of the State Constitution, 1 appellant received a jury trial de novo as of right in the Court of Common Pleas. Again he was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to one and one-half to three years. Post-trial motions were filed and denied. From judgment of sentence this appeal followed.
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- Francis T. Lemieux v. Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
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