Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pierce

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 10, 1982No. 447PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On July 18, 1975, appellant, Raymond Pierce, was arrested in connection with the robbery of Dr. Jeffrey Myers. On January 2, 1976, appellant entered a guilty plea to the robbery charge before the Honorable Berel Caesar, who deferred sentencing pending a pre-sentence evaluation. On February 20, 1976, Judge Caesar sentenced appellant to eleven and one-half to twenty-three months imprisonment to be followed by eight years probation. 1 Appellant was paroled after he served the minimum prison term, and successfully completed parole on November 7, 1977. On June 7, 1978, while…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MallonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. ColdingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. BurrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. NickensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FusselmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Kenneth Lee v. William Stickman Stephen Zappala, Jr. Michael FisherCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  4. State v. GriffithTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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