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· 7/1/1994

Commonwealth v. Spells

Citations

  • 643 A.2d 1078
  • 537 Pa. 350
  • 1994 Pa. LEXIS 242

How courts have described this case

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

  • “an attempt to commit second or third degree murder would seem to require proof that a defendant intended to perpetrate an unintended killing— which is logically impossible”
  • \an attempt to commit second or third degree murder would seem to require proof that a defendant intended to perpetrate an unintended killing— which is logically impossible\

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille

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