Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cosgrove

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 25, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, William J. Cosgrove, appeals from the Order of the Superior Court which quashed his appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County which denied, without prejudice, his petition to dismiss the criminal complaint filed against him by the Office of Attorney General (“Attorney General”). The Superior Court held that the trial court correctly determined that the proper time for Appellant to challenge the Attorney General’s jurisdiction to bring charges against him was after a preliminary hearing. For the reasons set forth below, we…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KhoreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Commonwealth v. CarsiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. CosgroveSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Commonwealth v. United StatesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Commonwealth v. ShambergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. ShambergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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