Friday, September 4, 2009

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v.GARY WILLIAMS

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v.GARY WILLIAMS
No. 1751 EDA 2008 2009 PA Super 176 Atlantic: 980 A.2d 667 Filed: 9/4/2009

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence May 29, 2008
in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
Criminal Division at No. CP-51-CR-0009046-2007
Before: KLEIN, BENDER and CLELAND, JJ.
Opinion by: BENDER, J.
Gary Williams (Appellant) appeals the judgment of sentence imposed following his convictions for three violations of the Uniform Firearms Act, specifically, Persons Not to Possess Firearms, Firearms Not to be Carried Without a License, and Carrying Firearms on Public Streets in Philadelphia. See 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6105, 6106, and 6108. Appellant challenges the trial court’s refusal to suppress certain evidence seized following his arrest, contending that the police stopped him without reasonable suspicion. Appellant also asserts that it was erroneous for the trial court to impose two consecutive terms of incarceration for offenses that should have merged for the purposes of sentencing. We find no merit in Appellant’s claims, and therefore affirm the judgment of sentence.
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