Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2/27/1981

Commonwealth v. Lang

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426 A.2d 691
285 Pa. Super. 34
1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2230

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finding that a police officer’s death during a high- speed pursuit of a fleeing defendant on a motorcycle was a foreseeable and direct consequence of Lang’s conduct and “not a fortuitous or coincidental event”
\[T]he tort liability concept of proximate cause has no proper place in prosecutions for criminal homicide and more direct causal connection is required for conviction.\ (quoting Commonwealth v. Root, 403 Pa. 571, 580, 170 A.2d 310, 314 (1961))
“[T]he tort liability concept of proximate cause has no proper place in prosecutions for criminal homicide and more direct causal connection is required for conviction.” (quoting Commonwealth v. Root, 403 Pa. 571, 580, 170 A.2d 310, 314 (1961))

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Judges: Cercone, Watkins, Montgomery

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