Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Glass
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1991No. 78 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1989PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
This is an appeal, by allowance, from a memorandum opinion and order of the Superior Court which affirmed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County denying a petition for habeas corpus relief. The petition was filed by the appellant, Guy Homer Glass, seeking discharge from criminal liability on the ground that his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and due process were violated by a fifty-one month delay between conviction and sentencing. Appellant was awarded a new trial by the Superior Court, on the basis that representation by trial…
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