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· 3/20/2002

Commonwealth v. McCalman

Citations

  • 795 A.2d 412
  • 2002 Pa. Super. 78
  • 2002 Pa. Super. LEXIS 336

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining the count of terroristic threats was established by the defendant’s actions in holding a gun to three people’s heads, even though the use of offensive language did not rise to the level of a terroristic threat
  • defendant’s use offensive language in conjunction with pointing a gun sufficient to support terroristic threats charge
  • intent to cause serious bodily injury found where appellant fired bullets in direction of victims and narrowly missed them
  • defendant’s convictions of aggravated assault under § 2702(a)(1) upheld when he shot in direction of the victims, even though no bullets struck them
  • “It can be inferred that [McCalman] intended to cause serious bodily injury to [the victim] because the bullet he fired into the car missed her by only three inches.”

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Judges: Sole, Bender, Tamilia

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