Commonwealth v. Petrillo

Decided January 22, 1941. George W. Maxey wrote the opinion for the court.

19 A.2d 288 · Cited 88 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Commonwealth v. Williams · 160 A. 602
• Commonwealth v. Fugmann · 198 A. 99
• Commonwealth v. Parker · 143 A. 904
• Commonwealth v. Quaranta · 145 A. 89
• Commonwealth v. Petrillo · 12 A.2d 317
• Commonwealth v. Flood · 153 A. 152
• Commonwealth v. Weston · 147 A. 79
• Commonwealth v. Duca · 165 A. 825
• Commonwealth v. Mellor · 144 A. 534
• People v. . Greenwall · 15 N.E. 404
• Commonwealth v. Clark · 185 A. 764
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 280 Pa. 368
• Commonwealth v. Garanchoskie · 251 Pa. 247
• People v. Witt · 148 P. 928

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• Commonwealth v. Updegrove · 413 Pa. 599
• State v. Harris · 238 P.2d 957
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Norman v. Banmiller · 395 Pa. 232
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