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Commonwealth v. Long

Citations

  • 624 A.2d 200
  • 425 Pa. Super. 170
  • 1993 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1317

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the victim's intoxication was not a defense to homicide as long as the victim's death is the natural and foreseeable consequence of the defendant's actions
  • holding that the victim’s intoxication was not a defense to homicide as long as the victim’s death is the natural and foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s actions
  • unless it amounts to an independent intervening cause, the victim’s conduct is •irrelevant
  • unless it amounts to an independent intervening cause, the victim's conduct is irrelevant
  • contributory negligence of victim not a defense in a criminal action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kelly, Johnson, Hester

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