(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth v. Collins" by In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Middle District * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Commonwealth v. Collins
Author : In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Middle District
Release Date : January 17, 2001
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 64 KB

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We granted allocatur to determine whether the offenses of homicide by vehicle and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) merge for sentencing purposes. Due to the mutually exclusive nature of the statutory elements, we hold that homicide by vehicle is not a lesser included offense of homicide by vehicle/DUI and therefore the Superior Court properly affirmed the imposition of separate sentences. Accordingly, we affirm.