Commonwealth v. Sama

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in second-degree murder prosecutions subjective, not objective, knowledge must be shown
• holding that in second-degree murder prosecutions subjective, not objective, knowledge must be shown
• stating that “[e]vidence of intoxication certainly bears on the defendant’s ability to possess the requisite knowledge of the circumstances in which he acted”
• stating that \[e]vidence of intoxication certainly bears on the defendant's ability to possess the requisite knowledge of the circumstances in which he acted\
• reversing conviction of murder in the first degree based on extreme atrocity or cruelty
• in third prong malice case, evidence of intoxication bears on defendant's ability to possess requisite knowledge of circumstances in which he acted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).