Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Colon

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 7, 2014PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

ALLEN, J.:

Jose A. Colon (“Appellant”) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after the trial court denied his Pa. R.Crim.P. 600 motion to dismiss, and convicted him of forgery, unsworn falsification to authorities, identity theft, tampering with records, and tampering with public records.1 We reverse and vacate the judgment of sentence.

The trial court summarized the pertinent facts and procedural history as follows:

Pennsylvania State Trooper John Scott testified that in September of 2009 he was part of a unit that investigated alleged fraudulent identities procured through…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. PrestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. RamosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. BradfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. GoldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MaddreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  2. Commonwealth v. LeanerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. Barbour, D., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. v. Wiggins, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  5. Commonwealth v. DixonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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