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Commonwealth v. Moore

Citations

  • 398 Pa. 198
  • 157 A.2d 65
  • 93 A.L.R. 2d 616
  • 1959 Pa. LEXIS 416

How courts have described this case

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  • holding jury fatigue did not exist where verdict was returned at 6:10 a.m., following an eleven (11
  • stating that judicial coercion is \a monstrous doctrine ... altogether repugnant to a sense of humanity and justice\
  • refusing to find error in sending jury to deliberate at 7:08 p.m. and allowing them to continue until 6:08 a.m. without “anything of record to indicate that the instant verdict was reached because of the jurors’ desire for rest and sleep or fatigue.”
  • jury forced to deliberate all night
  • dissenting opinion by Musmanno, J.
  • dissenting opinion by Musmanno, J.

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Judges: McBride, Jones, Bell, Musmanno, Cohen, Bok, McBkide

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