Chestnut v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an instructional error does not result in an unfair trial if the jury as instructed could properly find guilt under either another section of the instruction or another theory of guilt
• holding testimony about statements to police admissible for non-hearsay purpose of proving officers' motive for arresting defendant, which was made an issue in part because defendant accused officer of lying during testimony
• finding an abuse of discretion in the admission of withheld evidence that “essentially gutted Appellant’s defense”
• “Appellant accused Officer Ebersol of lying during his testimony. Therefore, why the police arrested Appellant was clearly at issue.”
• “It is incumbent upon Appellant to present the Court with a complete record for review.”
• “It is incumbent upon Appellant to present the Court with a complete record for review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).