Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Matthews

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 2005PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

JOYCE, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Chaka Matthews, appeals from the June 17, 2002 judgments of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. For the following reasons, we find sufficient evidence of record to sustain Appellant’s conviction for aggravated assault. However, we must vacate the sentences imposed on four of Appellant’s convictions and remand for resentencing. The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows.

¶ 2 On October 19, 2001, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Appellant was working with a crew of carpet installers at the Nine West shoe…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. GalindesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. GruffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. SandersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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  4. Commonwealth v. EmlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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