329 Pa. Super. 490 - Commonwealth v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
60
cited by 60 later decisions
1
states following
March 1998
most recently cited
60 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cuyler v. Adams · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth v. Shelton · Commonwealth v. Davenport · Commonwealth v. Sudler
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“(a) Offense defined. — A person is guilty of theft if he intentionally obtains or withholds property of another by deception. A person deceives if he intentionally: (1) creates or reinforces a false impression, including false impressions as to law, value, intention or other state of mind; but deception as to a person’s intention to perform a promise shall not be inferred from the fact alone that he did not subsequently perform the promise; (2) prevents another from acquiring information which would affect his judgment of a transaction; or (3) fails to correct a false impression which the deceiver previously created or reinforced, or which the deceiver knows to be influencing another to whom he stands in a fiduciary or confidential relationship. (b) Exception. — The term “deceive” does not, however, include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance, or puffing by statements unlikely to deceive ordinary persons in the group addressed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he use of, or possession with intent to use, drug paraphernalia for the purpose of ... preparing ... packing or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this act.” The evidence is sufficient when, "viewing the evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and drawing all reasonable inferences in the Commonwealth’s favor, there is sufficient evidence to enable the trier of fact to find every element of the [crime] charged beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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