Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shirey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 31, 1985No. 2475PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This case is before us for the second time. In Commonwealth v. Shirey, 333 Pa.Super. 85, 481 A.2d 1314 (1984), we remanded this case 1 and directed the lower court to transcribe the notes of testimony of May 15 and 16, 1980, in order to address appellant’s contention that the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment barred this prosecution.

Appellant’s double jeopardy argument is that the prosecution of appellant on other charges docketed at Nos. 28 and 30 of 1980 in Potter County should have been consolidated with the prosecution of the charges in the instant appeal, 1.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. HarperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. ShireySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Commonwealth v. PottsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. HollomanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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