Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Faulk

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 15, 2007PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION by

McCAFFERY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Lewis A. Faulk, appeals from his judgment of sentence for aggravated assault. Specifically, Appellant asks us to determine, inter alia, whether his waiver of his right to be present at trial was preceded by a proper colloquy and hence was valid. Following review, we affirm.

¶2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. Appellant was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses after he severely injured the victim by punching him in the face several times with a closed fist. The victim and another man, Mark Kastelic, had…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. FranklinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. HolleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. RahmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. FaulkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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