Com. v. Hill
| Decision Date | 16 June 1994 |
| Citation | 645 A.2d 1313,538 Pa. 609 |
| Parties | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Hill (Nelson) * NO. 0554W.D.1993 |
| Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
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Com. v. Tielsch, 2182 WDA 2002.
... ... After careful review of the claims raised by Tielsch, we affirm the comprehensive decision of the Honorable Lawrence J. O'Toole ... ¶ 2 On April 17, 1986, Tielsch and Kevin Ohm were driving around the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh in a black Corvette. At approximately 9:15 p.m., the victim, Neil S. Rosenbaum, a rabbinical student from Canada, was walking toward the intersection of Phillips and Pittcock Avenues when Tielsch and Ohm pulled up in the Corvette. The pair asked the victim for directions. As ... ...
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Com. v. Herrick
... ... [citation omitted]. The credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded the evidence are matters within the province of the trier of fact, the fact finder is free to believe all, some or none of the evidence. (citation omitted) ... Commonwealth v. Hill, 427 Pa.Super. 440, 442, 629 A.2d 949, 950 (1993) (quoting Commonwealth v. Taylor, 324 Pa.Super. 420, 424-425, 471 A.2d 1228, 1229-1230 (1984)), allocatur denied, 538 Pa. 609, 645 A.2d 1313 (1994); see also Commonwealth v. Thompson, 538 Pa. 297, 648 A.2d 315 (1994); Commonwealth v. Lanager, 360 ... ...
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Com. v. Fowlin
... ... 315, 402 A.2d 500 (1979). Self-defense issues of whether a defendant acted out of a bona fide and reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger and whether the force employed under the circumstances was excessive are questions to be resolved by the fact-finder. Commonwealth v. Hill, 427 Pa.Super. 440, 629 A.2d 949 (1993), appeal denied,538 Pa. 609, 645 A.2d 1313; Commonwealth v. Carbone, 375 Pa.Super. 261, 544 A.2d 462 (1988), rev'd on other grounds, 524 Pa. 551, 574 A.2d 584. The trier of fact must also determine whether or not the person making a claim of self-defense ... ...