Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 11, 1938No. Appeal, 207PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Defendant, Wendell Williams, was convicted in the court below of the involuntary manslaughter of one James Vincent, and he has appealed. The death occurred when an automobile operated by appellant collided with a telephone pole. Appellant had been a duly licensed operator for several years prior to 1936, but had failed to renew his operator’s license in 1936, and had no such license at the time of the accident on De cember 25th of that year. The verdict of the jury was as follows: “And now, to-wit: February 12, 1937, we the Jurors empanelled in the above case, find the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MicusoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Commonwealth v. MayberrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Commonwealth v. ErnestoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  4. State v. Horton.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  5. Brittain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. ClowserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. Pegg v. General Motors Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Cutshall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Commonwealth v. BienkowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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