Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Decker

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 7, 1995No. 579PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Jon Decker appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following his conviction for simple assault. (18 Pa.C.SA 2701(a)(1)). Appellant was adjudicated guilty after a stipulation of facts was presented at a non-jury trial. A sentence of supervised probation for a period of six months followed by unsupervised probation for six months was imposed upon Appellant. This appeal followed.

On January 12, 1993, Appellant’s spouse, Shirley Decker, obtained a protective order against Appellant under the Protection From Abuse (PFA) Act. 1 The order was entered by consent on behalf of Mrs.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. People v. GrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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  3. Commonwealth v. YerbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. RoefaroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. BeckwithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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