Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Vaughn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 18, 2008No. 04-1623PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The scenario underlying this appeal reads like a popular television series. A gang of criminals set out to rob drug dealers and use the money to buy guns; they then used the guns to entice transactions with other drug dealers; in the course of their crime spree, they committed six murders; they required one would-be gang member to kill an innocent victim as a condition of joinder; and they committed other nefarious acts, such as more conventional drug and gun sales. The events did not take place in the city of the fictional TV series but in the very…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TilghmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. DillonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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