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COM. v. WILLIAMS

521 Pa. 556 (1989)

559 A.2d 25

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Leon WILLIAMS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 7, 1989.

Reargument Denied April 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Cunningham, Dist. Atty., William T. Horton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, John J. Trucilla, for appellant.

Bruce L. Getsinger, Schroeck & Segel, P.C., Erie, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is a Commonwealth appeal by allowance on the question of when convictions of separate crimes merge, for sentencing purposes, because they arise from the same criminal act.

The appellee in this case, Leon Williams, pled guilty to aggravated assault, criminal attempt at robbery and unlawful restraint. These charges arose from an incident on May 30, 1986 in which Williams attacked a 61-year-old woman who...

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