Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/29/2008
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 958 A.2d 522
- 2008 Pa. Super. 232
- 2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3057
- 2008 WL 4380862
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- explaining that when the offenses stem from separate criminal acts, merger does not apply
- noting when offenses arise from two different criminal acts, a merger analysis of the elements of the offense is not required
- finding two counts of PWID did not merge because “facts underlying each crime are totally separate and constitute two different criminal acts”
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Judges: Panella, Shogan, Kelly
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Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-26· cited 251×
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-03· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. McNearSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-14· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-07· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. SwavelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-23· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. StatenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-02· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HealeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-01· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-15· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. EdeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-04-28· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BairdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-28· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-09-11· cited 2×
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