Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dawkins

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 11, 1974No. Appeal, 1246PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Price, J.,

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence upon convictions of aggravated robbery and burglary by the court below, following trial without a jury in which the witnesses were sequestered. The trial judge sustained Appellant’s demurrers to charges of playfully pointing and discharging a dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and on April 16, 1972, said motions were denied. Appellant was sentenced to two to four years in the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. A brief review of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. HornbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. RankinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SamuelsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. UsherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. StarksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. BranchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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