Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. James

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 8, 2004PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

McCAFFERY, J:

¶ 1 In this appeal, we have been asked by Appellant, the Commonwealth, to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting the motion of Appel-lee, Evan James, for a writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, we must decide whether the Commonwealth presented adequate evidence to hold Appellee for trial for a violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731(a)(1) and (4)(i), commonly known as “driving under the influence.” Under the circumstances of this case, we hold that the Commonwealth did, in fact, proffer evidence sufficient to defeat Appellee’s motion. Accordingly,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. WoodruffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. CrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. PackardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. KallusSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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