Commonwealth v. Tomlinson

• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: Before JONES
• Citation: Commonwealth v. Tomlinson, 467 Pa. 22, 354 A.2d 254 (Pa. 1976)
• Decision Date: 02 April 1976
• Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Francis Lynn TOMLINSON, Jr., Appellant.

Page 254

354 A.2d 254

467 Pa. 22

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Francis Lynn TOMLINSON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 2, 1976.

Appeal No. 277 January Term, 1975, from Order of Court of Common Pleas--Criminal, for Bucks County at No. 1711 of 1966; John Justus Bodley, Judge.

Gene D. Cohen, Donald C. Marino, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, for appellee.

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

ORDER

And now, this 2nd day of April, 1976, whereas this Court has been informed that, subsequent to the filing and submission of briefs in the instant appeal, appellant has become and remains a fugitive from justice, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED sua sponte that appellant's appeal is dismissed. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections v. Dorrough, 420 U.S. 534, 95 S.Ct. 1173, 43 L.Ed.2d 377 (1975); Molinaro v. New Jersey, 396 U.S. 365, 90 S.Ct. 498, 24 L.Ed.2d 586 (1970). Cf. Commonwealth v. Galloway, 460 Pa. 309, 333 A.2d 741 (1975).

ROBERTS and MANDERINO, JJ., dissent.