Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Akbar

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 2014PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellant, Hassan Akbar, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, following his jury trial convictions for aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, persons not to possess firearms, and possessing instruments of crime.1 We affirm Appellant’s convictions but vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for resentencing.

*230The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. On November 13, 2008, Regina Holmes and Kemp Carter were on their way to Mr. Carter’s house. As they…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Gray v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by107 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CaldwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. ReidSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. FennellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. CardwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Commonwealth v. GentrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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