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Commonwealth v. Sepulveda

Citations

  • 855 A.2d 783
  • 579 Pa. 217
  • 2004 Pa. LEXIS 1923

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  • stating that where the defendant was shot in the abdomen, he was shot in a vital part of his body
  • stating that where the defendant was shot in the abdomen, he was shot in a vital part of his body
  • stating that when the defendant was shot in the abdomen, he was shot in a vital part of his body
  • holding that a defendant was “clearly deprived of his freedom of action when” a police officer “handcuffed him, placed him in the back of the patrol car, and locked the door[,]” such that “he was indeed in custody for Miranda purposes at that time”
  • noting that abdomen is a vital part of the human body
  • shooting victim in the abdomen amounted to shooting him in a “vital part of the body” and was sufficient to prove appellant's intent to kill

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Lamb

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