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Commonwealth v. Betz

Citations

  • 664 A.2d 600
  • 444 Pa. Super. 607
  • 1995 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2655

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that specific objection must be made before deliberations in order for challenge to jury charge to be preserved for appellate review
  • holding that specific objection must be made before deliberations in order for challenge to jury charge to be preserved for appellate review
  • applying then Pa.R.Crim.P. 1119 (renumbered Pa.R.Crim.P. 647) and finding waiver for failure to make specific timely objection to supplemental jury instruction before the jury returned to deliberations, even if the jury charge is palpably in error
  • “defense counsel must make a specific objection before the jury returns to its deliberations”
  • sufficiency analysis does not permit re-examination of the credibility, reliability or weight of the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Wieand, Sole, Cercone

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