1999 Pa. Super. 93 - Commonwealth v. Couch’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Hude · Commonwealth v. Bracalielly · Batoff v. COM. BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS · 344 Pa. Super. 246 - Commonwealth v. Whetstine · Commonwealth v. McPhail
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n applying the doctrine of merger, we are obliged to interpret the verdict not in the light of theoretical possibilities, but rather in the light of common sense. The inquiry depends to some extent on the “unique facts” of each case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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