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COMMONWEALTH v. BARNES

924 A.2d 1202 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Maurice BARNES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 25, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Phillips, Esq., Eugene M. Talerico, Esq., Andrew J. Jarbola, Esq., Jennifer Lyn McCambridge, Esq., Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office, Scranton, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

George E. Gretz, Esq., Thomas J. Nolan, Esq., Scranton, for Maurice Barnes.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM

Appeal was allowed in this case to address the Commonwealth's initial challenge to the Superior Court's decision to vacate the most serious of three distinct conspiracy convictions (i.e., conspiracy to commit third-degree murder) based upon the statutory directive that, "[i]f a person conspires to commit a number of crimes, he is guilty of only one conspiracy so long as such multiple crimes are the object of the same agreement...

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