# Commonwealth v. Knight, M., Aplt.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · November 22, 2016 · 638 Pa. 407

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9869640

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Melvin KNIGHT, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** November 22, 2016
- **Citations:** 638 Pa. 407; 156 A.3d 239; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 2659; 2016 WL 6873044
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Todd
- **Judges:** Saylor, Baer, Todd, Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Mundy
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

JUSTICE TODD,
Concurring
I join the Majority Opinion, except for Part V. For the reasons expressed by Justice Baer in his Concurring Opinion, *437 see Concurring Opinion (Baer, J.) at 436, 156 A.3d at 256-57, 1 do not join what are, in Part V, essentially advisory statements by the majority.

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