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Commonwealth v. Cooney

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Blair County

Decided January 23, 1986No. 123 of 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

BRUMBAUGH, J.,

This case is unusual in that we have been asked to overturn the decision of the Blair County District Attorney’s Office not to prosecute one for an offensive act he has purportedly admitted committing, and as to which the assistant district attorney handling the matter has conceded at closing argument on December 13, 1985, following evidentiary hearing, there is “no question it [the act] occurred.”1

The charge of cruelty to an animal under the Crimes Code of 1972 as amended, 18 P.S. §5511(a)(1), was initiated by private complaint of Jeffrey T. Santoni against Donald P. Cooney…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DevlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. United States v. John R. TorquatoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Shade v. Commonwealth of Pa., Dept. of Transp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1975

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