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COM. v. BULLOCK

913 A.2d 207 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Matthew BULLOCK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil G. Russin, Esq., Public Defender's Office, Albert Joseph Flora, Jr., Esq., Wilkes-Barre, for Matthew Bullock.

David W. Lupas, Esq., Scott C. Gartley, Esq., Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This case primarily concerns the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's fetal homicide statute; it additionally entails a challenge to jury instructions given at Appellant's trial, where he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child.

I.

In the late 1990s, Pennsylvania's General Assembly enacted the Crimes Against the Unborn Child Act.1 The Act added Chapter 26 to the...

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