· 2/15/1980
Commonwealth v. Masterson
Citations
- 418 A.2d 664
- 275 Pa. Super. 166
- 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2054
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Traffic Court does not have jurisdiction over crimes other than summary offenses” and “Municipal Court does not have jurisdiction of summary offenses”
- “The short answer to appellant’s dilemma, however, is that section 110 does not bar all double prosecutions but only those within its terms.”
- no bar to retrial although prosecutor knew he was risking prejudicial answer
- no bar to retrial although prosecutor knew he was risking prejudicial answer
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cercone, Watkins, Hoffman
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