Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Black

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 2015No. 1179 WDA 2014PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OLSON, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the order entered on July 18, 2014, granting the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of David J. Black (hereinafter “Sergeant Black”) and dismissing the charge of recklessly endangering another person (hereinafter “REAP”). We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

On February 21, 2014, the Commonwealth filed a criminal complaint against Sergeant Black, accusing him of REAP while he was working at the State Correctional Institute at Fayette (hereinafter “SCI-Fayette”). The attached affidavit of probable cause averred the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MartuscelliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. WojdakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. VogelsongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. LandisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. FountainSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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