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· 1/25/1994

Commonwealth v. Barnyak

Citations

  • 639 A.2d 40
  • 432 Pa. Super. 483
  • 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 22

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that statements made by a “panic stricken” shooting victim at the hospital in response to police questioning were admissible under the “excited utterance” hearsay exception
  • holding that excited utterances by shooting victim and son were admissible even though made more than a half an hour after the shooting and in response to police questioning, where both victim and son were still visibly experiencing the overpowering emotion of the event
  • holding that excited utterances by shooting victim and son were admissible even though made more than a half an hour after the shooting and in response to police questioning, where both victim and son were still visibly experiencing the overpowering emotion of the event
  • noting that there is no crime of attempted third-degree murder
  • noting that there is no crime of attempted third-degree murder
  • noting that there is no crime of attempted third-degree murder

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Judges: Rowley, Tamilia, Popovich

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