Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Watkins

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 29, 1976No. Appeal, No. 666PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This appeal arises from appellant’s conviction after a jury trial of two counts of forgery and two counts of theft by deception. In her appeal appellant argues that she is entitled to a new trial because: (1) the proof at trial did not conform to the allegations in the indictment; (2) inadmissible hearsay evidence was used to explain inconsistencies in the identification testimony proffered by the Commonwealth; and, (3) the in-court identification was tainted by an illegal out-of-court confrontation between appellant and the Commonwealth’s witnesses. We find no…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Commonwealth v. WhitingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. FowlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. FantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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