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Criminal Law Simons, Volumes I and II
Resource 1 . 6 . 1
8 minutes

Commonwealth v. Mochan

Michael A. Simons

As you read Mochan, consider the following questions:
1. What crime was Mochan charged with committing? (What Pennsylvania law did he violate?) What are the elements of that crime?
2. What did Mochan do? (What exactly was it about Mochan’s conduct that the court found to be criminal?)
3. The dissent raises one main objection. What is it?
4. What other possible objections could be raised? (What is the principal of legality and what are the policies underlying it?)

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