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· 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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