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Commonwealth v. Byrne

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 20, 1997
693 A.2d 201 (Pa. 1997)

Opinion

Argued: April 30, 1997.

Decided: May 20, 1997.

Appeal No. 92 E.D. Appeal Docket 1996, from Order of Superior Court entered May 13, 1996, at No. 3147 Philadelphia 1994, Affirming Judgment of Sentence of Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Criminal Division, entered August 5, 1994, at No. 3256-91.

Stuart Suss, West Chester, for Commonwealth.

John J. Duffy, for Andrew Byrne.


ORDER


Order of Superior Court reversed. See Commonwealth v. Myers, 530 Pa. 396, 609 A.2d 162 (1992).

CASTILLE and NEWMAN, JJ., dissent.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Byrne

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 20, 1997
693 A.2d 201 (Pa. 1997)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Byrne

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Andrew J. BYRNE, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: May 20, 1997

Citations

693 A.2d 201 (Pa. 1997)
693 A.2d 201

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