Com. v. Peterman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the traffic code and the criminal code are directed at different societal harms”
• holding it absurd to interpret a sentencing statute as punishing DUI vehicular homicide less severely than reckless vehicular homicide, essentially making a defendant’s intoxication at the time of the offense a mitigating factor
• noting that we will not follow a statutory interpretation leading to an illogical or absurd result
• noting that although a statute's title is not dispositive of legislative intent, it can serve as a useful aid in construing a statute
• noting that although a statute's title is not dispositive of legislative intent, it can serve as a useful tool in construing a statute
• noting .that “the traffic code and the criminal code are directed at different societal harms”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).