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5 Pennsylvania opinions name it 1 courts 1955–1968 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. | ||
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Flax
green
2 sentences1968Where there is some evidence which would reduce the crime to voluntary manslaughter, defendant is entitled to have the jury instructed upon the subject: Commonwealth v. Flax, 331 Pa. 145 , 200 A. 632 . 1968Where there is some evidence which would reduce the crime to voluntary manslaughter, defendant is entitled to have the jury instructed upon the subject: Commonwealth v. Flax, 331 Pa. 145 , 200 A. 632 . | 4 | 1955–1968 |
Commonwealth v. Pavillard
green
2 sentences1968The law in this area has been settled by Commonwealth v. Pavillard, 421 Pa. 571, 576 , 220 A. 2d 807 , 810 *559 (1966) : “‘Failure of the trial judge to submit to the jury voluntary manslaughter as a possible verdict was not error. 1968The law in this area has been settled by Commonwealth v. Pavillard, 421 Pa. 571, 576 , 220 A. 2d 807 , 810 *559 (1966) : “‘Failure of the trial judge to submit to the jury voluntary manslaughter as a possible verdict was not error. | 1 | 1968–1968 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.