Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dent
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 2010No. 167 MDA 2009, No. 168 MDA 2009PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
FREEDBERG, J.:
¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from an order entered on January 14, 2009, by the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, which granted Appellees’, Diane Dent and Walter Watkins, petition for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed the criminal charges against them. We reverse and remand.
¶ 2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this matter are taken from the trial court’s January 14, 2009 opinion. In September 2008, Appellees were charged with twenty (20) counts of violating 18 Pa. Cons.Stat. Ann. §§ 5513(a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(4), relating to unlawful gambling.…
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