Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Toby

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 17, 2008No. Petition No. 475 MAL 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*98 ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 17th day of December 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the question of whether the Superior Court erred when, on the basis of waiver, it refused to consider the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the offense of involuntary manslaughter and the defense of duress. Further, the Superior Court’s decision is VACATED to the extent it found waived Petitioner’s challenge to the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the offense of involuntary manslaughter and the defense of duress in light of our decision in Commonwealth v. Garcia,…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PressleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

4Cited by1 opinion

  1. Com. v. Toby, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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