Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Goldhammer

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 19, 1986No. 83 E.D. Appeal Docket, 1984PublishedCited by 122 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The Commonwealth, appellant herein, asks us to remand this matter to permit the trial court to alter sentences which were legally imposed on some informations because of a subsequent appellate court ruling discharging appellee on a different information on which a jail term had been imposed. A brief review of the procedural history is in order.

Appellee Benjamin Goldhammer was charged in 168 informations, at Nos. 1857-2024 December Term, 1979, with 56 violations of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3921 (theft by unlawful taking *590or disposition, a felony of the third degree),…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. United States v. Michael M. Busic, United States of America v. Anthony LaroccaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  4. Pennsylvania v. GoldhammerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. WronaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by122 opinions

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