Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Scatena

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 20, 1984No. 1723, 1724, and 1725PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McEWEN, Judge:

This consolidated appeal has been taken from the judgments of sentence 1 imposed after a jury found appellants guilty of risking catastrophe, 2 public nuisances, 3 and violations of both the Clean Streams Law 4 and the regulation prohibiting the discharge of waste into mines, 5 and found appellant Elmo Scatena guilty of conspiracy. 6 The brief of appellants expresses the following contentions:(1) The evidence was insufficient to sustain their convictions for risking catastrophe and for violations of the Clean Streams Law and the regulation prohibiting the discharge of waste into…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Lira v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. LudwigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. CherpesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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