# Commonwealth v. Simmons

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 31, 2001 · 569 Pa. 405

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9727699

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Ernest SIMMONS, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 31, 2001
- **Citations:** 569 Pa. 405; 804 A.2d 625; 2001 Pa. LEXIS 2847
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Cappy
- **Judges:** Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Appal
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Justice CAPPY,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority for the reasons as more fully set forth in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. Lambert, 568 Pa. 346 , 797 A.2d 232 (2001).

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