TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a sentence, and you should determine whether it is overruling or non-overruling. In law, an overruling sentence is a statement that nullifies a previous case decision as a precedent by a constitutionally valid statute or a decision by the same or higher ranking court which establishes a different rule on the point of law involved. Classify your answers into overruling or non-overruling
PROBLEM: to the extent that they follow or approve of the holding in ex parte erwin, supra, the following cases are also overruled.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: the sentencing commission's commentary fully supports this construction.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: to sustain the position of appellant under the doctrine of the koch case would, in effect, license elderly men under the guise of kindness and charity to take indecent liberties with young girls.

SOLUTION:
overruling