Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Phelps
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1973No. Appeal, 41PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
On July 13, 1970, appellant, Larry James Phelps, pleaded guilty to robbery, burglary, larceny, armed robbery, prison breach and violation of the Uniform Fire arms Act. Subsequently, he was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for 2y2 to 10 years and pay a fine of $10.00 plus the costs of prosecution. The judgment of sentence was affirmed by the Superior Court, Commonwealth v. Phelps, 220 Pa. Superior Ct. 235, 281 A. 2d 769 (1971) (Judge Hoffman filed a dissenting opinion in which Judge Montgomery joined) and we granted allocatur.
On this direct appeal, appellant…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jose Verdugo and Horace Eugene Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by27 opinions
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