Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Griscavage

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 17, 1986No. 39 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1985PublishedCited by 158 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

Appellee was convicted by a jury on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol,1 driving on the wrong side of the road,2 reckless driving,3 and driving at an unsafe speed,4 in the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County on July 20, 1983. Citing grounds of insufficiency of the evidence and erroneous jury instructions, he filed post-verdict motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment which were denied. Judgment of sentence was imposed on August 25, 1983, following which he appealed to Superior Court.

*543A panel of that court, in an opinion by Judge Montemuro,…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HarperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Commonwealth v. AriziniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. MadisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. LongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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3Cited by158 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. ValetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. GarangSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. HunterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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