Commonwealth v. Wittenburg

JOHNSON, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals from the order that quashed the criminal information filed in Warren County against Daniel C. Wittenburg. The Commonwealth argues that Section 110 of the Crimes Code does not mandate the conclusion that Wittenburg’s actions on November 17, 1996, constituted a single criminal episode. We hold that a single criminal episode is not implicated in this case, and, further, that the policies behind Section 110 are not advanced by such a conclusion. Accordingly, we reverse.

On November 17, 1996, Wittenburg, then age 16, went on a crime spree that encompassed…