529 Pa. 303
602 A.2d 1308
Decided February 13, 1992
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1992-02-13
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Decided 1992-02-13
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably Commonwealth v. Hughes (2004), 1999 Pa. Super. 2 - Commonwealth v. Rodda (1999)
40 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2I join the well reasoned opinion of the majority, but would go further and express that the public policy of Pennsylvania does not allow the criminal prosecution of a nine year *316old child for murder. That it was attempted in this instance shocks my conscience.