312 Pa. Super. 375 - Commonwealth v. Casella’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
August 1995
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Walker · 280 Pa. Super. 470 - Commonwealth v. Crocker · Commonwealth v. Roach · Commonwealth v. Carter · 273 Pa. Super. 600 - Commonwealth v. McQuaid
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“a judge may be relied upon to know — as a jury may not be — that a guilty plea is not an unambiguous event. Even so, if this were only a criminal trespass case, we might remand for a hearing, at which counsel could explain why he didn’t ask the judge to recuse himself. But as our discussion of merger has shown, this is not a criminal trespass case but a burglary case, and as to the charge of burglary, appellant pleaded not guilty Id., 312 Pa.Superior Ct. at 379, 458 A.2d at 1009 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[I]n merger of sentences cases, we focus not only on the similarity of the elements of the crimes but also, and primarily, on the facts proved at trial, for the question is whether those facts show that in practical effect the defendant committed a single criminal act, in which case there will be merger and only a single sentence may be imposed, or more than a single act, in which case there will be no merger and a sentence may be imposed for each act.” (Citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“secretly entered a woman’s apartment; that when discovered, he refused to identify himself; that he had “a hankie on his face and a pair of gloves and a rope around his neck,” N.T. 11/9/79 at 12; that when the woman began screaming, he came toward her and put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming; and that eventually he ran off. Id. at 13. Id., 312 Pa.Superior Ct. at 376, 458 A.2d at 1008 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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