295 Pa. Super. 183 - Commonwealth v. Belz’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““ Malicious”, as used in the instant statute, means an intent to do a wrongful act or having as its purpose injury to the privacy, person, or property of another. To “loiter” is to stand around or move slowly about; to spend time idly; to saunter; to delay; to linger; to lag behind. To “prowl” is to rove or wander over in a stealthy manner; to pace or roam furtively. The [statute] in question is intended to punish not only those persons who at night are bent on peeping into the private affairs of citizens in their dwellings, but also those persons who are found at or near dwellings without lawful purpose or reason and whose presence can only be explained in some preparation for or attempt at illegality or crime. [Citations omitted.]”

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