Commonwealth v. Verticelli
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This case presents the court with a question regarding the parameters of the closely related crime exception to the corpus delicti rule. Upon careful consideration this court finds that application of the closely related crime exception must be determined on a case-by-case basis. For the reasons as more fully set forth herein, the decision of the Superior Court is affirmed in part and reversed in part.
The essential facts underlying this matter are as follows. In the late afternoon hours of March 26, 1994, Officer Burkhardt of the New Britain Township Police…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. TurzaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
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- Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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