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· 7/14/1978

Commonwealth v. Hinchcliffe

Citations

  • 388 A.2d 1068
  • 479 Pa. 551
  • 1978 Pa. LEXIS 749

How courts have described this case

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

  • use of deadly weapon on vital part of body justified finding of guilty of murder of third degree
  • malice and self-defense are mutually exclusive; where evidence is sufficient to prove malice, prosecution has also met burden of disproving self-defense
  • fact finder may believe any, all, or none of any witness’s testimony
  • fact finder may believe any, all, or none of any witness’s testimony
  • fact finder may believe any, all, or none of any witness's testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen

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