376 Pa. Super. 41 - Commonwealth v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
states following
March 2004
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Witt · Swain v. State of Alabama · Patton v. Yount · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co.
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“First degree murder is a murder in which the killer has the specific intent to kill. You may find a defendant guilty of first degree murder if you are satisfied that the following three elements have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the Commonwealth. First, that the victim Karen Hurwitz is dead. Secondly, that the defendant killed her. And thirdly, that the defendant did so with the specific intent to kill with malice. Obviously, ladies and gentlemen, the first two have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, I’m sure. There’s no question about those. The one that you really have to consider here is the third element, that the defendant did so, did this killing, with the specific intent to kill and with malice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In reviewing jury instructions to determine whether reversible error has been committed by a trial court, we consider the charge as a whole. Error will not be predicated on isolated excerpts. Rather, it is the general effect of the charge that controls.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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