Flamer, A. v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that due process requires an instruction on a lesser included offense only “when the evidence warrants such an instruction”
• holding that Beck requires that a lesser included offense instruction be given when the evidence warrants such an instruction as a matter of due process in a capital case
• holding that Beck requires that a lesser included offense instruction be given when the evidence warrants such an instruction as a matter of due process in a capital case
• holding that Beck requires instructions on noncapital offenses only when the evidence would support a conviction on that charge
• holding that Beck requires instructions on noncapital offenses only when the evidence would support a conviction on that charge
• holding that Beck requires instructions on noncapital offenses only when the evidence would support a conviction on that charge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).