Court Opinion

ID: 9736584
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:00:29.317996+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:42:07.593512
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O’Sullivan, J.
(dissenting). The evidence, it seems to me, fails to establish beyond a reasonable doubt any act capable of being legally classified as an overt act. Walking upon a public highway several hundred feet from the location of the gas mains was, at most, an act of preparation. The law requires more than that. People v. Pippin, 316 Mich. 191, 195, 25 N.W.2d 164; People v. Rizzo, 246 N.Y. 334, 336, 158 N.E. 888; Commonwealth v. Ellis, 349 Pa. 402, 404, 37 A.2d 504; State v. Hurley, 79 Vt. 28, 30, 64 A. 78. Accordingly, I must register dissent.