(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Jesse Eskridge" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Jesse Eskridge
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 19, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
Appellant Jesse Eskridge was convicted of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and related charges, and was sentenced to prison for a term of three to seven years. Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence. 387 Pa. Super. 647, 559 A.2d 961. The issue is whether a district attorney whose private law partners represented the victims of the accident in civil suits against the defendant had a clearly impermissible conflict of interest prohibiting him from prosecuting the defendant criminally. We hold that the conflict of interest should have precluded the district attorney from prosecuting appellant, and reverse the judgment of sentence.