| Court: | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
| Facts: | Gunplay and brandishing on a bus in response to bottle-throwing. Russian-roulette-style shooting of bus seat kills person cowering behind it. |
| Posture: | Waived right to jury trial, was convicted; post-trial motions denied. Appealed. |
| Issue: | Was there evidence of malice? |
| Holding: | Yes. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | Intentional doing of an uncalled-for act in callous disregard of likely harmful effects is the kind of malice we're talking about here. |
| Reasoning: | Defendant should have known there was still someone on the bus, and that random shooting in an occupied bus might precipitate death. |
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