271 Pa. Super. 494 - Commonwealth v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 1985
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Young · Commonwealth v. Simon · Commonwealth v. Lipscomb · Commonwealth v. Capalla · 259 Pa. Super. 527 - Commonwealth v. Wareham
Most-quoted passages
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“Appellant next contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the lower court’s jury instruction defining reasonable doubt. The trial judge defined reasonable doubt as “that kind of doubt that would cause a reasonable man ... to be restrained from acting”, which is one of two formulations expressly endorsed by the Supreme Court. Commonwealth v. Young, 456 Pa. 102 , 317 A.2d 258 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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