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Commonwealth v. Cruz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 15, 1996
546 Pa. 265 (Pa. 1996)

Opinion

November 15, 1996.

Petition No. 681 Eastern District Allocatur Docket 1995, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court dated August 7, 1995, Reversing the decision of Philadelphia Granting Petitioner's Writ of Certiorari.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 15th day of November, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The decision of the Superior Court is REVERSED and the ORDER of the trial court entered on March 14, 1994 granting Petitioner's Writ of Certiorari is REINSTATED. See Commonwealth v. Matos, 543 Pa. 449, 672 A.2d 769 (1996). Jurisdiction is relinquished. The Application for Permission to File Supplemental Communication is dismissed as moot.

CASTILLE, J., dissents.


I respectfully dissent for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Matos, 543 Pa. 449, 672 A.2d 769 (1996).


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Cruz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 15, 1996
546 Pa. 265 (Pa. 1996)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Cruz

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Vincent CRUZ, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 15, 1996

Citations

546 Pa. 265 (Pa. 1996)
684 A.2d 551

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