Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Vasquez

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 28, 1998No. 1968 Philadelphia 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus.

Carlos Vasquez appeals nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence imposed after his conviction on the charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance.1 We vacate the sentence entered by the trial court and remand for resentencing.

The trial court has aptly and concisely summarized the underlying facts which formed the basis for Mr. Vasquez’s conviction as follows

The Commonwealth evidence recited that [on November 12, 1994] two police officers conducted a surveillance and observed two persons driving…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BracaliellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. PhilippSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. MoranSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HardySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. OppermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Com. v. Johnstone, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Com. v. Warriner, E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Commonwealth v. VasquezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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