Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Trial

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 22, 1994PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Appellant takes this appeal from the mandatory sentence imposed after he was convicted in a non-jury trial of Driving Under the Influence. At question is whether the Commonwealth was able to establish the first requirement of the statute that Appellant was a person who was driving, operating “or in actual physical control of the movement of any vehicle.” 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3731(a). After determining that the facts support the court’s finding of guilt and that no legal error was committed, we affirm the Judgment of Sentence.

At trial the Commonwealth established that a police…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. YargerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Commonwealth v. PriceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. KasunicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. DeLeonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WolenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. SaundersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. DoonerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Bold, T., Aplt. v. Dept of Trans Bur of Driv LicenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2024

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