Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/18/1995
Commonwealth v. Harris
Citations
- 665 A.2d 1172
- 542 Pa. 134
- 1995 Pa. LEXIS 971
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- holding that the defense of self- defense necessarily requires that the appellant admit that the shooting was intentional in order to protect oneself, and that the defense of accident is mutually exclusive with self-defense
- noting that “the defense of self-defense necessarily requires that the appellant admit that the shooting was intentional in order to protect one’s self”
- affirming decision not to issue a self-defense instruction where the appellant’s testimony bore out that he confronted the victim first with an unloaded shotgun to scare him, and when the victim did not leave, the appellant proceeded to load his gun and shoot the victim
- defense of self-defense not permitted because it was mutually exclusive of the defense of accident or mistake
- defense of self-defense not permitted because it was mutually exclusive of the defense of accident or mistake
- “[T]he defense of self-defense necessarily requires that the appellant admit that the shooting was intentional in order to protect one’s self.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-06· cited 231×
- Commonwealth v. PhilistinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-18· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. LeggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-03· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-18· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-02· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-30· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. ConstantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-05· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. FowlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-12· cited 12×
- Com. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-18
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. HinchcliffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. PavillardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 59×
- Peterson v. Puerto RicoSupreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PowersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. WebsterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. HobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-14· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. GaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-28· cited 21×
- Jones v. ZimmermanSupreme Court· 1987-03-02· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-04· cited 6×
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