Commonwealth v. DiBonaventure’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1978
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 134 Pa. Super. 477 - Commonwealth v. Levandowski · Commonwealth v. Carrasquilla
Most-quoted passages
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“Since the prosecutrix was still married at the time of conception, the Commonwealth was required to assume the burden of rebutting the presumption of legitimacy by sufficient competent proof to sustain a finding beyond a reasonable doubt of nonaccess by her husband. . . Whether it meets this burden depends, of course, on the particular facts of each case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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