Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Waters
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 3, 1987No. 1748PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WICKERSHAM, Judge:
On April 21, 1984, John J. Waters was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731. On May 15, 1985 he entered a plea of nolo contendere and was adjudicated guilty. This was his third conviction within seven years, and the Commonwealth argued that subsection 3731(e)(l)(iii) required the imposition of a minimum term of ninety (90) days imprisonment. 1
Section 3731(e) provides in pertinent part:(e) Penalty.—(1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. SojournerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. GradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. GodseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. FrostSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KubiacSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- United States v. John F. Tabaka, Jr., Mary R. Tabaka Phillip S. Lucchese, and Gerald C. Munsch, Phillip S. LuccheseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. ConahanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth v. KristonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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