Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McNeil

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1989No. 1465PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence. Appellant, Harold McNeil, was tried and found guilty by a jury of burglary and possessing an instrument of a crime, generally. Subsequent to the denial of his post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to a term of ten (10) to twenty (20) years on the burglary charge and a term of two and one-half (2-½) to five (5) years on the possession of an instrument of crime charge. Appellant then filed a petition for reconsideration of sentence. Upon consideration of this petition, the court changed appellant’s sentence to allow the…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Commonwealth v. NegriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Schreiber v. Republic Intermodal Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. HammerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Arthur PembertonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AlstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. EddowesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. VidaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. MeekinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. VidaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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