Tag: #Joinder

Commonwealth v. Sanitiago

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s order denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the charges. Officer Rivera arrested the defendant for allegedly stealing a pack of cigarettes and

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Commonwealth v. Atkinson

For the second time in 10 months, an en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court considered the compulsory-joinder rule. In February 2021, an en banc panel ruled that the

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Commonwealth v. Johnson

In Commonwealth v. Johnson, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an important decision concerning compulsory joinder. In June of 2015, as a result of a traffic stop, Appellant was arrested and

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Commonwealth v. Atkinson

Commonwealth v. Atkinson involved an appeal from a trial court’s order denying a motion to dismiss based on the principles of compulsory joinder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 110. In 2013, Atkinson

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Commonwealth v. Bennett

In Commonwealth v. Bennett, the Pennsylvania Superior Court disavowed the defendant’s “gamesmanship” employed to use the compulsory-joinder rule, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 110, as a bar to further prosecution. The defendant

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Commonwealth v. Davis

In Commonwealth v. Davis, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reviewed the process by which prosecuting authorities can refile criminal charges pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 544. In Davis, after a preliminary hearing, a

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Commonwealth v. Kemick

In Commonwealth v. Kemick, the Superior Court first determined that the trial court’s oder, denying Kemick’s motion to dismiss the charges based on double jeopardy, was collateral and, thus, appealable. The

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Commonwealth v. Pammer

In Commonwealth v. Pammer, the Superior Court dismissed a DUI prosecution because the Commonwealth failed to comply with the compulsory joinder rule found in 18 Pa.C.S. § 110. The defendant had

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