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← 5 Pa. D. & C.3d 596 - Commonwealth v. White

5 Pa. D. & C.3d 596 - Commonwealth v. White’s Empirical Analysis

1978

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 230 Pa. Super. 563 - Commonwealth v. Kloch · Commonwealth v. Moon · State v. Ruona · Commonwealth v. Treftz · Commonwealth v. Horton

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “the circumstances surrounding this incident clearly support an inference that defendant had driven to the spot in question and because of his intoxicated condition, had fallen asleep behind the wheel. Although the car was not in motion in the technical sense when [Officer] Morrison arrived on the scene, we may reasonably infer that defendant had been driving while intoxicated up to the point where he fell asleep. This in itself is enough to constitute the offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol, even though [Officer] Morrison did not actually see the car in motion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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