Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kresge

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 29, 1983No. 920PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McEWEN, Judge:

This appeal has been taken from an order denying a pretrial motion to quash, on double jeopardy grounds, an information that charged appellant, Raymond Carl Kresge, with unlicensed possession of a firearm. 1 Appellant contends that the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 110 bar his prosecution on the firearms offense since it arose out of the same criminal episode as did his citation for a summary game law offense upon which he had previously entered an acknowledgment of guilt and paid a fine to a district game protector. We disagree and affirm the order of the distinguished Senior…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. HudeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. BeattySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LabelleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. McCordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. BellezzaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. McAulaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. BonczakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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