Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Turner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 24, 1974No. Appeal, No. 321PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

On May 8, 1967, a cabdriver was robbed at approximately 10 p.m., at 32nd and Pearl Streets in Philadel*522pMa by two men. Following tbe robbery, tbe cabdriver left Ms cab and witMn minutes found tbe police, who broadcast that a robbery bad occurred. WMle tbe cabdriver was in tbe police car giving tbe description of tbe two robbers be beard a broadcast that two men bad been apprehended one block from the scene of the robbery.1 A minute or two later a police car arrived with the two men in the rear seat and the cabdriver positively identified them as his…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Bobby Russell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. RichmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Blue v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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