[DOWNLOAD] "Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Charles J. Allen" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Charles J. Allen
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 21, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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These cross-appeals by allowance from an opinion and order of Superior Court, 322 Pa. Super. 424, 469 A.2d 1063, require us, for the first time, to construe the provisions of the Protection From Abuse Act (Act), of October 7, 1976, P.L. 1090, No. 218, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 10181-10190 (Supp. 1984-85). Specifically, we must determine whether principles of double jeopardy and compulsory joinder bar the prosecution of an individual for simple assault, criminal trespass and rape after that individual has been found in indirect criminal contempt for violating a court order entered pursuant to the Act. Because the Protection From Abuse Act has its roots in equity and is essentially civil, we