Swisher 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 the terms “sexually molest” and “defile” are interchangeable
• holding that the terms “sexually molest” and “defile” are interchangeable
• generally, voluntary intoxication is no defense to any crime; the only exception being deliberate and premeditated murder
• “The decision to refuse or admit evidence based on relevance rests within the discretion of the trial court....”
• \The decision to refuse or admit evidence based on relevance rests within the discretion of the trial court....\
• \[T]here is no general constitutional right to discovery in a criminal case.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).