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

Q: wachter v. united states, 689 f. supp. 1420, 1422 (d. md. 1988) (applying maryland law); hales v. pittman, 576 p.2d 493, 499 (ariz.

A: non-overruling
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Q: defense counsel objected on the ground that the second-degree depraved heart murder instruction was more appropriate in cases in which the state had charged multiple levels of homicide, e.g., murder and manslaughter.

A: non-overruling
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Q: to the extent pharr is inconsistent with this opinion, we disapprove of pharr.

A:
overruling
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