Commonwealth v. Gordon, B.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a more specific statute will be given precedence over a more general one, regardless of their temporal sequence”
• stating that “a more specific [criminal] statute will be given precedence over a more general one”
• noting that Representative Poff's statements are \crucial material\ in interpreting the purpose of § 924(c)
• noting that Representative Poffs statements are “crucial material” in interpreting the purpose of § 924(e)
• noting that Representative Poff’s statements are “crucial material” in interpreting the purpose of § 924(c)
• explaining that once defendant is found guilty as principal under § 2, co-defendant's gun becomes defendant's gun

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).