Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/8/1977

Commonwealth v. Brown

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375 A.2d 331
473 Pa. 458
1977 Pa. LEXIS 743

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concluding that trial court erred in dismissing murder charge against defendant based upon the earlier acquittal of defendant’s accomplice arising out of the same killing
holding trial court erred in dismissing homicide charge against accomplice based on the acquittal of the principal for the same killing
referring to “the necessity of proving the commission of the crime as an element of liability of the accomplice” (quoting Model Penal Code § 2.04(6) cmt. (A.L.I., Tent. Draft No. 1, 1953))
noting it “is inconsistent and seemingly unfair to hold a defendant liable for the conduct of another, when the actor himself has been exonerated . . but holding nonmutual estoppel inapplicable in criminal cases due to stronger countervailing policies
while comments to Model Penal Code may be helpful in interpreting statutes, they were not specifically adopted by legislature and therefore are not binding
while comments to Model Penal Code may be helpful in interpreting statutes, they were not specifically adopted by the legislature and therefore are not binding

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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packed

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