Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Evers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 25, 1989No. 620PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTEMURO, Judge:

Appellant, David W. Evers, appeals the denial of his motion to quash a criminal information charging him with three (3) counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person on grounds that the prosecution of these charges would violate his double jeopardy rights under the Fifth and *570Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. We affirm.

This appeal arises out of an incident that occurred on March 8,1987 when, in an attempt to elude police, appellant allegedly drove his vehicle well in excess of the posted speed…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Ohio v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PerfettoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Commonwealth v. LabelleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Matter of HuffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. BellezzaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. CaufmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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