COM. v. PADDEN


335 Pa.Super. 51 (1984)

483 A.2d 950

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Thomas PADDEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Kennedy, Assistant Public Defender, Scranton, for appellant.

James J. Walker, Assistant District Attorney, Scranton, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this appeal from an order denying a request to vacate sentences alleged to be illegally duplicitous, the issue is whether separate sentences may validly be imposed for the several offenses committed while a burglar attempts to flee from the scene of his crime.

Following a burglary in the City of Scranton, Thomas Padden stole a pickup truck and attempted to elude pursuing police. During a high speed chase covering more than twenty miles, he...

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