Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/27/1983

Commonwealth v. Anderson

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461 A.2d 208
501 Pa. 275
1983 Pa. LEXIS 572

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holding no merit to claim counsel was ineffective for failing to provide copies of pre-trial discovery where defendant did not show prejudice
endorsing the view of Justice Roberts expressed in his lead opinion in Colon, supra, that “it is not the statement that must be against interest, but the fact stated.” (emphasis original)
evidence demonstrated that three men entered residence together; murder, robbery, and related offenses committed thereafter
prosecutor's characterization of defendant's statement that he was an innocent bystander to murder was a fairytale was improper; however, it did not amount to reversible error since defendant was not prejudiced by the remark
prosecutor’s characterization of defendant’s statement that he was an innocent bystander to murder was a fairytale was improper; however, it did not amount to reversible error since defendant was not prejudiced by the remark
“it is not the statement that must be against interest, but the fact stated.”

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Judges: Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott

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