Commonwealth v. Collins

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• noting that the prior version of the DUI law under section 3731(a)(2) omitted any reference to culpability and interpreting this omission to mean that the legislature intended DUI to be a strict or absolute liability offense
• noting that the prior version of the DUI law under section 3731(a)(2) omitted any reference to culpability and interpreting this omission to mean that the legislature intended DUI to be a strict or absolute liability offense
• “[T]he statute does not make use of the terms ‘intentionally,’ ‘knowingly’ or ‘willfully.’ Therefore, the Commonwealth was not required to prove that [the appellant’s] intoxication was intentional or voluntary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hanford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-26· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Kim
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-15· cited 68×
• Com. Wilson, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-03-31· cited 51×
• Albarran v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-07-29· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Williamson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-02· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-19· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Willis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-17· cited 19×
• Com. v. Peralta, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-08· cited 14×
• Com. v. Macik, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-01· cited 4×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2013-03-29· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Granese
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-07-02
• Com. v. Whitcomb, H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-20

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Barud
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-30· cited 175×
• Commonwealth v. Koczwara
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-11-25· cited 173×
• Commonwealth v. Palmer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-19· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Hilbert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Bishop
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Rishel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-13· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Hennemuth
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-14· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-08· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Griscom
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-17· cited 9×