Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/17/1992

Commonwealth v. Baker

Citations

614 A.2d 663
531 Pa. 541
1992 Pa. LEXIS 423

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stating that the law presumes that juries follow the trial court's instructions as to the applicable law
stating that the law presumes that juries follow the trial court’s instructions as to the applicable law
stating that the presumption in our law is that the jury follows a trial court’s instructions
our law presumes that a jury follows the court’s instructions such that prejudicial error may be cured by an appropriate instruction by the court
there is no presumption of innocence at the penalty phase; therefore, the prosecutor is entitled to “present argument for or against the sentence of death”
“The presumption in our law is that the jury has followed instructions [of the trial court]”

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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