Lopinson v. Pennsylvania

Decision Date01 October 1967
Docket NumberNo. 1133,1133
Citation392 U.S. 647,88 S.Ct. 2277,20 L.Ed.2d 1344
PartiesJack LOPINSON v. PENNSYLVANIA. ,
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

PER CURIAM.

The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 1095, Misc., and No. 1700, Misc., are granted and the petitions for writs of certiorari in all three cases are granted.Without reaching the petitioners' other claims, the judgments are vacated and the cases remanded for reconsideration in the light of Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.

Mr. Justice HARLAN dissents for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 532, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 1782, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.

Mr. Justice WHITE dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 540, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 1786, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.

Mr. Justice BLACK, dissenting.

In all three of these casesthe Court remands to the state courts on one single constitutional claim of petitionerswithout reaching other constitutional claims raised by them.The result is that after the state courts rule on the single remand issue this Court will undoubtedly be called on to pass on the other issues...

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  • Com. v. Smith
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Superior Court
    • 20 Diciembre 1989
    ...admissible in this Commonwealth. Commonwealth v. Lopinson, 427 Pa. 284, 234 A.2d 552 (1967), vacated on other grounds, 392 U.S. 647, 88 S.Ct. 2277, 20 L.Ed.2d 1344 (1968); Stiefel, 286 Pa.Super. at 269, 428 A.2d 981; Packel and Poulin, Pennsylvania Evidence § 608.1 at 418 If a witness is im......
  • Com. v. Green
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • 19 Septiembre 1990
    ...to on direct examination Commonwealth v. Lopinson, 427 Pa. 284, 234 A.2d 552 (1967), vacated on other grounds, 392 U.S. 647, 88 S.Ct. 2277, 20 L.Ed.2d 1344 (1968). In Kaplan v. Loev, 327 Pa. 465, 194 A. 653 (1937), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 766, 58 S.Ct. 477, 82 L.Ed. 595, we cited 70 C.J.S. 8......
  • Com. v. Martin
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • 26 Noviembre 1975
    ...merit under our case law. Commonwealth v. Lopinson, 427 Pa. 284, 298, 234 A.2d 552 (1967), vacated on other grounds, 392 U.S. 647, 88 S.Ct. 2277, 20 L.Ed.2d 1344 (1968). ('The only legitimate inquiry in this area was whether or not the juror had formed a fixed opinion in the case as to the ......
  • Com. v. Vogel
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • 27 Abril 1983
    ...1287, 22 L.Ed.2d 483 (1969); Commonwealth v. Lopinson, 427 Pa. 284, 234 A.2d 552 (1967), vacated on other grounds, 392 U.S. 647, 88 S.Ct. 2277, 20 L.Ed.2d 1344 (1968). It also must be remembered that at the two previous trials in 1968 and 1971 a change of venue was sought and rejected. Mr. ......
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