Commonwealth v. Smerconish

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• noting that the appellant's internet research seeking painless methods of committing suicide constituted an act in furtherance of the threat to commit harm
• noting that the appellant’s internet research seeking painless methods of committing suicide constituted an act in furtherance of the threat to commit harm
• sending repeated instant messages to sister threatening suicide and researching ways to commit suicide constituted acts in furtherance of threat to commit suicide
• alleging, inter alia, county failed to timely serve necessary Section 303 certification, and that certification was defective
• upholding 302 commitment where trial court relied only on the 302 paperwork that indicated appellant sent his sister twelve instant messages about committing suicide and researched painless ways of committing suicide on internet
• upholding 302 commitment where trial court relied only on the 302 paperwork that indicated appellant sent his sister twelve instant messages about committing suicide and researched painless ways of committing suicide on internet

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).