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Commonwealth v. Iafrate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 9, 1991No. 50 E.D. Appeal Docket 1990PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

We are called upon here to address a question of first impression, to wit: whether a juvenile, within the meaning of the Juvenile Act,1 attains a given age on the anniversary of his birthday or on the day before as recognized at common law.

On September 29, 1985, the eve of his eighteenth birthday, appellant Frank Iafrate, Jr. was observed at approximately 8:00 P.M. by a Slatington Borough, Lehigh County, police officer kneeling on the traveled portion of Main Street in Slatington next to a parked car while speaking to a friend. When directed by the officer to move…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Firing v. KephartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. State v. HansenOregon Supreme Court · 1987
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. RomeriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. MoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. People v. WoolfolkMichigan Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. Mason v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
  5. In the Interest of C.A.G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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