Court Opinion

ID: 9758438
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:30:54.919443+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:51.709452
License: Public Domain

WATKINS, Judge,
concurring:
While I agree with the Majority’s reasoning with respect to the issues covered by its opinion, I feel compelled to note that I am still confused by the apparent inconsistencies *527between the Supreme Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Bellis, 484 Pa. 486, 399 A.2d 397 (1979) (BELLIS I) and Commonwealth v. Bellis, 479 Pa. 323, 440 A.2d 1179 (1981) (BELLIS II). Although I note that the Supreme Court did attempt to distinguish between Beilis II and Beilis I, I feel that the holdings in said cases are inconsistent with each other because I do not see how the crimes of bribery and extortion vis-a-vis their relationship to the common law crimes can be distinguished.