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COM. v. FIELD

490 Pa. 519 (1980)

417 A.2d 160

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Richard FIELD.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert E. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, James J. West, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wayne T. Scott, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellant.

John L. Doherty, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

We are again presented with a challenge to the constitutionality of section 3732 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3732. Section 3732 defines "homicide by vehicle" as follows:

"Any person who unintentionally causes the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any law of this Commonwealth or municipal ordinance applying to the operation or use of...

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