Commonwealth v. Saunders
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
The present appeals have been taken by the Commonwealth from a pre-trial order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. By such order the trial court refused to consolidate, in a single trial, certain criminal charges lodged against a defendant. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the order is interlocutory in nature and that the appeals must therefore be quashed.
Appellee, Darrell Christian Saunders, along with three other youths, was implicated in two purse snatchings which took place in the Pittsburgh area on the afternoon of January 6,…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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