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COMMONWEALTH v. FISHER

No. 9 EAP 2012, No. 10 EAP 2012, No. 11 EAP 2012

80 A.3d 1186 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Nashir FISHER, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Kinta Stanton, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Ameer Best, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia, Peter Carr, Esq. , Ronald Eisenberg, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Joseph E. McGettigan III, Esq. , Rufus Seth Williams, Esq. , Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia County, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lee Mandel, Esq. , Lee Mandel, P.C., for Nashir Fisher.

J. Michael Farrell, Esq. , for Kinta Stanton.

Richard T. Brown Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia, for Ameer Best.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether conspiracy to commit third degree murder is a cognizable offense under Pennsylvania law. Because we hold conspiracy to commit third degree murder is a cognizable offense, we reverse the order of the Superior Court and remand for reinstatement of the sentences.

Appellees Fisher, Stanton, and Best were teenagers at the time...

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