COM. v. CASSIDY


423 Pa.Super. 1 (1993)

620 A.2d 9

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Daniel CASSIDY, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan Sacks, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for the Com., appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, BECK and BROSKY, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

The issue we decide, inter alia, is whether the well-settled rule that inconsistent verdicts are not grounds for reversal of conviction applies where, in a single trial, a defendant is convicted of corrupt organization, yet acquitted on all of the predicate offenses underlying the corrupt organization charge. We hold that the rule is applicable and that the inherent inconsistency of such verdicts...

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