Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Slick

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 25, 1994No. 02035PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

We are asked to review the May 24, 1993, order of court granting the appellee/William Slick’s petition to quash an information charging him with accomplice to murder in the first and third degree filed by the appellant/District Attorney of Lackawanna County. We reverse.

The standard of review was articulated by our Supreme Court in In re Petition of Acchione, 425 Pa. 23, 227 A.2d 816, 820 (1967); namely:... courts will not review the actions of governmental bodies or administrative tribunals involving acts of discre tion, in the absence of bad faith, fraud, capricious action or…

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2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. FudgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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