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COMMONWEALTH v. YODER

No. 1997 C.A. 1988.

3 Pa. D. & C. 4th 60 (1989)

Commonwealth v. Yoder

Common Pleas Court of York County, Pennsylvania.

September 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Thompson, assistant district attorney, for the commonwealth.

Steven G. Zorbaugh, for defendant.

CASSIMATIS, J., September 28, 1989.

This matter is before the court pursuant to the commonwealth's notice of appeal of this court's pretrial order ruling that duress as a matter of law is available as a defense to first degree murder. We now set forth the reasons for our ruling.

The following facts are relevant here. Defendant Miguel Yoder is charged with criminal homicide (first degree murder), robbery...

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