Opinion · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Gaitling
780 A.2d 605
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Date
- 2001-09-12
- Topic
- general
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Earnest GAITLING, Respondent. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Sept. 12, 2001. ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 12th day of September, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted, limited as follows: Whether merger was precluded for the purpose of avoiding a “volume discount” for multiple criminal acts under this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v.
Citator
Commonwealth v. Gaitling is no longer good law, at least in part: overruled by Commonwealth v. Shank (2005). 44 later decisions cite it, 1 of them negatively.
- Authority status
- negative
- Cited by
- 44 opinions
- Negative treatment
- 1 citing opinion
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Earnest GAITLING, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 12, 2001.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 12th day of September, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted, limited as follows:
Whether merger was precluded for the purpose of avoiding a “volume discount” for multiple criminal acts under this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Belsar, 544 Pa. 346, 676 A.2d 632 (1996).