COMMONWEALTH v. H.D.

No. 33 MAP 2020.

247 A.3d 1062 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. H.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.CO

Decided: March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Marie Graziano, Esq. , Stephen B. Harris, Esq. , Warrington, Matthew D. Weintraub, Esq. , Bucks County District Attorney's Office, for Appellant.

Patrick J. McMenamin Jr., Esq. , McMenamin & Margiotti, LLC, Lansdale, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

The Legislature has prescribed that a defendant is innocent of the crime of "interference with custody of children" when he or she believed that intrusive actions were necessary to spare the subject child from danger. In this appeal, the Commonwealth contends that the belief element of this offense...

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