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Commonwealth v. Britton

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. George BRITTON, Appellant

Commonwealth v. Britton, 506 A.2d 895 (Pa. 1986)
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · State Highest Courts
Decided
March 31, 1986
Docket
Nos. 17 Eastern Dist. Appeal Docket, 1985
Judges
Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDer-mott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos
Citations
506 A.2d 895509 Pa. 6201986 Pa. LEXIS 744
Cited by 12 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court — Per Curiam

*621 ORDER PER CURIAM.

Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

ZAPPALA, J., files a dissenting statement.

Dissent — Zappala

ZAPPALA, Justice,

dissenting.

Not only would I reach the merits of this appeal, but I would reverse the Appellant’s conviction and grant him a new trial. It is clear from the record that the trial judge exceeded his proper duty by his extensive interrogation of the Appellant. Commonwealth v. Myma, 278 Pa. 505 , 123 A. 486 (1924). See Commonwealth v. Britton, 334 Pa.Super. 203, 222 , 482 A.2d 1294, 1304 (1984) (dissenting opinion of Spaeth, P.J.).

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509 Pa. 620 (1986) 506 A.2d 895

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

George BRITTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 25, 1985. Decided March 31, 1986.

John W. Packel, Chief/Appeals Div., Asst. Public Defender, Jules Epstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief/Appeals Div., Eric B. Henson, Jane Cutler Greenspan, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

*621 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

ZAPPALA, J., files a dissenting statement.

ZAPPALA, Justice, dissenting.

Not only would I reach the merits of this appeal, but I would reverse the Appellant's conviction and grant him a new trial. It is clear from the record that the trial judge exceeded his proper duty by his extensive interrogation of the Appellant. Commonwealth v. Myma, 278 Pa. 505 , 123 A. 486 (1924). See Commonwealth v. Britton, 334 Pa.Super. 203, 222 , 482 A.2d 1294, 1304 (1984) (dissenting opinion of Spaeth, P.J.).

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Cited by 12 cases

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1987: 41988: 11989: 11990: 11991: 11994: 22016: 12018: 119872026peak 1987 · 4

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Pennsylvania v. Finley481 U.S. 551 (1987)
  2. Commonwealth v. Rayner153 A.3d 1049 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2016)
  3. Commonwealth v. Greer554 A.2d 980 (Pa. 1989)
  4. Commonwealth v. Wallace533 A.2d 1051 (Pa. 1987)
  5. Commonwealth v. Anderson643 A.2d 109 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994)
  6. Commonwealth v. Hartz532 A.2d 1139 (Pa. 1987)

Most recent

  1. Commonwealth v. Green195 A.3d 1042 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018)
  2. Commonwealth v. Rayner153 A.3d 1049 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2016)
  3. Commonwealth v. Anderson643 A.2d 109 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994)
  4. Commonwealth v. Cain637 A.2d 656 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994)
  5. Commonwealth v. Grier599 A.2d 993 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1991)
  6. Commonwealth v. Elrod572 A.2d 1229 (Pa. 1990)

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
Commonwealth v. Myma, 123 A. 486 (Pa. 1924) 98
Commonwealth v. Britton, 482 A.2d 1294 (Pa. 1985) 19

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