# Commonwealth v. Sullivan

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · February 28, 1977 · 472 Pa. 129

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9759760

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John SULLIVAN, Appellant (Two Cases); COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John SULLIVAN
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** February 28, 1977
- **Citations:** 472 Pa. 129; 371 A.2d 468; 1977 Pa. LEXIS 621
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Eagen
- **Judges:** Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
- **Cited by:** 210 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing well-settled principle that “[w]e will not disturb the findings of the PCRA court if they are supported by the record, even where the record could also support a contrary holding”

## Opinion text

EAGEN, J.,
dissents in the appeal docketed at No. 127 and would reverse the order of the Court of Common Pleas granting the right to appeal nunc pro tunc. In appeals docketed at Nos. 121 and 122, he concurs in the results.
ROBERTS, J., files a concurring and dissenting opinion in which MANDERINO, J., joins.
POMEROY, J., files a concurring and dissenting opinion, in which O’BRIEN, J., joins.
MANDERINO, J., files a concurring and dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, J., joins.

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