Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 14, 1989No. 656PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
The Commonwealth has appealed from an order of the trial court which granted a petition for habeas corpus and dismissed a criminal information charging Michael Williams with violating the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 5123(a) which prohibit contraband to confined persons.
Williams was found in possession of a small amount of marijuana when he entered the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill. The Commonwealth has conceded that Williams did not intend to deliver the same or allow it to come into the possession of an inmate at the institution. The legal issue in this appeal is…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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