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Commonwealth v. Butler

Citations

  • 760 A.2d 384
  • 563 Pa. 324
  • 2000 Pa. LEXIS 2653

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9714(a)(1) violated procedural due process rights by placing the burden on the defendant to rebut the presumption that he is a high risk dangerous offender
  • holding 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9714(a)(1) violated procedural due process rights by placing the burden on the defendant to rebut the presumption that he is a high risk dangerous offender
  • presumption of \high risk dangerousness\ for second-time offenders under subsection (a)(1) found unconstitutional

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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