386 Pa. Super. 164 - Commonwealth v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thompson v. Thompson · City of Long Beach v. Southwest Aircraft Services, Inc. · Connecticut Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. v. Brown · Commonwealth v. Mayfield · Commonwealth v. Goldhammer
Most-quoted passages
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“The Commonwealth contends the second blow which landed on Father Rock’s mouth amounted to a separate offence of aggravated assault since it was an unprovoked attack that has nothing to do with appellant’s ability to flee with the stolen items. We believe the Commonwealth’s position which attempts to establish a separate aggravated assault in the commission of the robbery, because two blows were struck is untenable. The blows were in rapid succession and part of the act constituting the robbery, and therefore, cannot constitute separate crimes. If there was a break in the action and a second assault occurred, after the acts that constituted some of the elements of the robbery, the Commonwealth would be correct. 5”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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