Shirley v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Appellant also contends he was entitled to a directed verdict, and in the alternative to an instruction on ‘sudden emergency.’ We do not agree. The substance of the testimony is that the accident occurred when appellant attempted to pas's a vehicle in front of him. There is also evidence that he was intoxicated. There is sufficient evidence to submit to the jury on both voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, and the facts do not entitle him to an instruction on sudden emergency.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cody v. Commonwealth