Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Aikins
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 5, 1993No. 461PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMILIA, Judge:
Appellant, Ricky Lee Akins, takes this appeal from judgment of sentence imposed February 26, 1991. The issue in this case is whether a conviction for burglary is precluded by a prior conviction on an indirect criminal contempt charge, arising out of violation of a Protection From Abuse (PFA) Order, when the burglary was committed on the premises protected by the PFA Order.
On December 13, 1984, following a hearing on a PFA Act petition filed due to marital difficulties between appellant and his estranged wife, an Order was entered giving Charlene Akins (wife) exclusive…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- United States v. MirraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Carlacci v. MazaleskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MajeedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. DeckerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- P.E.S. v. K.L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Carlacci v. MazaleskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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