Commonwealth v. Gallagher

How courts have described this case

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• opining that absolute liability crimes are “generally disfavored and an offense will not be considered to impose absolute liability absent some indication of a legislative directive to dispense with mens rea.”
• holding Commonwealth must prove defendant acted intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly with respect to the victim’s age to secure a conviction for luring a “child” into a car pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 2910
• noting in prosecution for child luring that § 302(c) imposes a “duty to prove that [defendant] acted intentionally, knowingly, or at least recklessly”
• mere absence of express mens rea requirement in statutory crime is not indicative of legislative intent to impose strict liability (citations omitted)
• mere absence of express mens rea requirement in statutory crime is not indicative of legislative intent to impose strict liability
• mere absence of express mens rea requirement in statutory crime is not indicative of legislative intent to impose strict liability (citations omitted)

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Walls
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Kakhankham
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-28· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Giordano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-05· cited 54×
• Nelida Cabeda v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2020-08-18· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Moran, Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-20· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Scott
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-08· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Raban
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-12· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-20· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. A.W.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17· cited 9×
• Com. v. AWC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17
• Commonwealth v. Smith, S., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-20

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Morissette v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 3,056×
• Staples v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-23· cited 1,491×
• Commonwealth v. Mayfield
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-24· cited 81×
• Commonwealth v. Busanet
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-30· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Scolieri
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Adamo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-10· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-02· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-27· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Dodge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-04· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Gallagher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-30· cited 7×