Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Allen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 1984No. 64 and 65 E.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
These cross-appeals by allowance from an opinion and order of Superior Court, 322 Pa.Super. 424, 469 A.2d 1063, require us, for the first time, to construe the provisions of the Protection From Abuse Act (Act), of October 7, 1976, P.L. 1090, No. 218, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 10181-10190 (Supp.1984-85). Specifically, we must determine whether principles of double jeopardy and compulsory joinder bar the prosecution of an individual for simple assault, criminal trespass and rape after that individual has been found in indirect criminal contempt for violating…
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