Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Fay

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 28, 1983No. 3350PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from the order of judgment of sentence for five counts of driving under a suspended license and one count of driving with a foreign license while under suspension. Appellant argues that he cannot be properly convicted of these crimes when the period of suspension had expired at the time of the alleged violations. He also contends that he did not receive notification of the suspension in the statutorily prescribed manner. We agree with appellant as to the first issue and accordingly reverse. 1

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. ParfittSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HeckmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. McCrossonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. State v. BatchelderSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1984
  4. State v. SommaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. Arnold, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Wyoming County1984

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