Commonwealth v. DeFrancesco’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Thornhill v. Alabama · United States v. Harriss · Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · Colten v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
Most-quoted passages
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“when he is no longer a threat to cause substantial harm, serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm. The time and distance may vary under the particular circumstances surrounding the incident, but we believe that it is clear to any person of reasonable intelligence that he has not dispersed if he remains in a position that poses the threat and danger the statute seeks to prevent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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