Commonwealth v. Ramirez

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• holding, in the context of determining when prosecutions are barred by former prosecutions under Section 111 of the Crimes Code, that the \prosecution\ is completed when a defendant is acquitted or convicted
• holding, in the context of determining when prosecutions are barred by former prosecutions under Section 111 of the -7- J-S45002-18 Crimes Code, that the “prosecution” is completed when a defendant is acquitted or convicted
• pending prosecution in another jurisdiction does not bar Pennsylvania trial unless other prosecution already resulted in conviction or acquittal
• basing its analysis on an examination of the terms “former prosecution” and “subsequent prosecution” as interpreted in the context of Section 110 of the Crimes Code
• for purposes of section 111, a state prosecution is barred if there has been a prior determination of the defendant's guilt or innocence in another jurisdiction.
• for purposes of section 111, a state prosecution is barred if there has been a prior determination of the defendant’s guilt or innocence in another jurisdiction.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Pungitore
  Third Circuit· 1990-08-01· cited 355×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-22· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-03-29· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1990-09-10· cited 3×
• Com. v. Davis, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-26

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hude
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Mills
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-31· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Beatty
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-08· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Moyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-23· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Grazier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Abbott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-30· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Hoburn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-09· cited 19×