Commonwealth v. Weigle

OPINION BY

ORIE MELVIN, J.:

¶ 1 This is a Commonwealth appeal from the Order granting a motion to quash robbery charges that were included in informations filed following a preliminary hearing wherein the robbery charges were previously discharged against Appel-lee, Justin Weigle, for failure to establish a prima facie case. The question presented by this appeal concerns whether or not robbery is a separate non-cognate offense to the crimes held over at the preliminary hearing. We find that it is and, therefore, affirm.

¶2 The facts and procedural history may be summarized as follows. On…