Commonwealth v. Moses

How courts have described this case

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

• finding conduct of defendant, who punched a ten- year-old boy in the stomach and took 35¢ in candy money, not de minimis because the boy was harmed
• conduct of defendant, who punched a ten-year-old boy in the stomach and took 35$ in candy money, not de minimis because the boy was harmed
• statute applies where “there is no harm to either the victim or society”
• statute applies where \there is no harm to either the victim or society\
• “We believe the legislature enacted 18 Pa.C.S. § 312 to apply to situations in which there was no harm done to the either the victim or society. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the trial court not to dismiss criminal conduct that is injurious to the victim or to society.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Lutes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-02-27· cited 275×
• Commonwealth v. Toomer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-17· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Matty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-09· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Moll
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-14· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Przybyla
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-08· cited 15×
• Scurfield Coal, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-13· cited 14×
• Watson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-09-10· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Beck
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-21· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Hoffman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-02· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Buck
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-12· cited 2×
• Com. v. Cravener, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-08· cited 1×
• Lee v. Borough of Downingtown
  Chester County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-01-21

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Leatherbury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-09· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Thornton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 5×