Commonwealth v. Mayberry . Appeal of Codispoti . Appeal of Langnes .

Decision Date02 July 1973
Docket Numberet al.,Richard Oliver Joseph MAYBERRY,Appellant in No. 60.
Citation306 A.2d 294,453 Pa. 619
PartiesCOMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v.
CourtPennsylvania Supreme Court

Appeal Nos. 60, 61 and 62 March Term, 1972, from the Judgments of Contempt of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Criminal Division at No. 4672 of 1965; Robert Van der Voort, Judge.

Fred E. Baxter, Jr., Office of Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert W. Duggan, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, J. Kent Culley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The judgments of contempt are affirmed.

MANDERINO, J., filed a dissenting opinion. DISSENTING OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

I dissent because the defendants were entitled to a jury trial. See United States v. Seale, 461 F.2d 345 (7th Cir.1971); Commonwealth v. Patterson, 452 Pa. 457, 308 A.2d 90 (filed June 29, 1973) (Manderino, J., dissenting).

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  • Codispoti v. Pennsylvania Taylor, Iii v. Hayes 8212 5615, 73 8212 473
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • June 26, 1974
    ... ... Dominick CODISPOTI and Herbert Langnes, Petitioners, ... State of PENNSYLVANIA. Daniel T ... and Herbert Langnes were codefendants with Richard Mayberry in a criminal trial ending in a verdict of guilty. Each ... During the pendency of his appeal in the Supreme Court of Delaware, this Court decided ... It is you, Mr. Maroney, and the Commonwealth that is costing the taxpayers money.' '5. That while on ... ...
  • Com. v. Mayberry
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • October 16, 1974
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  • Mayberry v. Frame, Civ. A. No. 74-820 CA.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • October 10, 1974
    ... ... trial in which petitioner Mayberry, Dominick Codispoti and Herbert Langnes were found guilty by a jury, the trial ... Commonwealth" v. Mayberry, 453 Pa. 619, 306 A.2d 294 (1973) ...     \xC2" ... co-defendants, Codispoti and Langnes, pursued their appeal with a second petition for a writ of certiorari to the ... ...

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