Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/8/1981

Commonwealth v. Watson

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431 A.2d 949
494 Pa. 467
1981 Pa. LEXIS 868

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holding that criminal intent could not be inferred from the circumstances surrounding appellant's possession of the gun which killed her husband because appellant, having acted in self-defense, never used that gun to commit a crime
stating that “[i]t is beyond question that manual strangulation can result in serious bodily injury, if not death.”
reversing conviction for possession of a concealed weapon, 18 Pa.C.S. § 907(b), where the Court determined that the defendant committed the underlying killing in self-defense
reversing conviction for possession of a concealed weapon, 18 Pa.C.S. § 907(b), where the Court determined that the defendant committed the underlying killing in self-defense
reversing conviction for possession of a concealed weapon, 18 Pa.C.S. § 907(b), where the Court determined that the defendant committed the underlying killing in self-defense
reversing conviction for possession of a concealed weapon, 18 Pa.C.S. § 907(b), where the Court determined that the defendant committed the underlying killing in self-defense

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Judges: Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Wilkinson, Flah-Erty, O'Brien

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