Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1986

Commonwealth v. McSorley

Commonwealth v. McSorley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 31, 1986 · Appeal 39 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985 · Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDer-mott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos, McDermott
506 A.2d 895; 509 Pa. 621; 1986 Pa. LEXIS 740 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)
Commonwealth v. McSorley

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Opinion

509 Pa. 621 (1986)
506 A.2d 895

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,
v.
John J. McSORLEY, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 6, 1985.
Decided March 31, 1986.

*622 Thomas E. Waters, Dist. Atty., Ronald T. Williamson, Chief/Appeals Div., J. William Ditter, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bart C. Tuttle, for appellant.

Eric J. Cox, Robert J. Vagnoni, Norristown, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The order of the Superior Court is affirmed.[1]

HUTCHINSON, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which LARSEN and McDERMOTT, JJ., joined.

HUTCHINSON, Justice, dissenting.

I dissent. I would reverse the order of Superior Court and remand to Common Pleas for further proceedings against appellee, on the dissenting opinion of Judge Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., Commonwealth v. McSorley, 335 Pa. Superior Ct. 522, 533-36, 485 A.2d 15, 21-23 (1984) (McEwen, J., dissenting).

LARSEN and McDERMOTT, JJ., join this dissenting opinion.

NOTES

[1] The order of this Court is not to be interpreted as adopting the reasoning of the Superior Court Opinion Announcing the Judgment of the Court insofar as it relates to the prohibition against double jeopardy.

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