Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Swavely

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 23, 1989No. 354Published

1Opinion of the Court

382 Pa. Superior Ct. 59 (1989)

554 A.2d 946

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Gary L. SWAVELY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued June 20, 1988.

Filed February 23, 1989.

George A. Gonzalez, Assistant Public Defender, Reading, for appellant.

Charles M. Guthrie, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Reading, for Com., appellee.

Before MONTEMURO, KELLY and POPOVICH, JJ.

KELLY, Judge:

We are called upon, in this appeal, to determine whether the imposition of separate consecutive sentences for delivery of two different prohibited narcotics in a single plastic vial and in a single sale violated the…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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