Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Field
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 3, 1980No. 80-1-31PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*521OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
We are again presented with a challenge to the constitutionality of section 3732 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3732. Section 3732 defines “homicide by vehicle” as follows:
“Any person who unintentionally causes the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any law of this Commonwealth or municipal ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to the regulation of traffic is guilty of homicide by vehicle, a misdemeanor of the first degree, when the violation is the cause of death.”
This is a pre-trial appeal in which the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Colautti v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. KoczwaraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. ClowserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MikulanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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- Commonwealth v. HeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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