Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Legree

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 12, 1978No. 79PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

The instant appeal arises from appellant’s conviction, following a trial by jury, of possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, 35 P.S. §§ 780-113(a)(16) & (30) (1977). The controlled substance was heroin and appellant received a sentence of llVz to 23 months in prison. There is no quarreling with the sufficiency of the Commonwealth’s evidence; appellant sold four bags of heroin to an informant in the presence of an undercover narcotics agent, Shirley Dows. Agent Dows…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Ristaino v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. LopinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Commonwealth. v. HossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ManleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. HintonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Starr v. Allegheny General HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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