COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

No. 23 EAP 2020.

247 A.3d 981 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Dewitt JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Victor Edward Rauch, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Appellant.

Daniel Peter Casullo III, Esq. , Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

This appeal concerns the application of the statutory compulsory joinder rules, which generally require a prosecutor to pursue, in a single proceeding, all known charges against a defendant arising from a single criminal episode occurring within the same judicial district, subject to enumerated exceptions...

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