Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/25/1989

Commonwealth v. Bell

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562 A.2d 849
386 Pa. Super. 164
1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2191

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“Where counsel fails to request a mistrial when the alleged prejudicial event occurs, the issue is not preserved for appellate review.”
victim’s one-on-one out-of-court identification not impermissibly suggestive, even though defendant was handcuffed in back of police van and victim had not gotten good look at his attacker
wherein we held that aggravated assault merged with robbery when victim was struck twice because the two blows were struck in rapid succession and both were in furtherance of robbery and attempt to escape thereafter
victim’s one-on-one out-of-court identification not impermissibly suggestive, even though - 12 - J-S30032-15 defendant was handcuffed in back of police van and victim had not gotten good look at his attacker
failure to request mistrial when a prejudicial event occurs results in a waiver

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Judges: Cirillo, Beck, Tamilia

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