Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Coplin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1973No. Appeal, No. 1221PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
per Curiam,
The six Judges who heard this appeal being equally divided, the order and the judgment of sentence are affirmed.
Opinion In Support of Reversar by
Spaeth, J.:
Appellant was convicted of larceny in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County. His petition to the Court of Common Pleas for a writ of certiorari was denied. This appeal followed after leave was given to proceed nunc pro tunc.
The only witness at appellant’s trial was Officer Thomas Galonsky of the Philadelphia Police Department. On December 19, 1972, Officer Galonsky was working a plainsclothes detail with a partner,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NaceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- State v. BoisvertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Commonwealth v. QuinnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Neel v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1969
- Thomas v. KesslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CoplinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. Wilson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1978