Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scher
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 7, 1999PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus:
¶ 1 Dr. Stephen Barry Scher, M.D., appeals from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County. We reverse.
¶ 2 This case arises from the June 2, 1976 shooting death of Martin Dillon, which occurred at “Gun Smoke,” a hunting camp owned by the Dillon family. Dillon was killed as a result of being shot in the chest with Dr. Scher’s sixteen-gauge shot gun. Dr. Scher and Dillon were the only persons present at Gun Smoke that day; the two friends had gone to the camp, as was their custom, to partake in skeet shooting.
¶ 3 On June…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ScherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. Serge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2001
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. McCormickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. McCormickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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