Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 11/9/2006

Commonwealth v. Brown

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911 A.2d 576
2006 Pa. Super. 318
2006 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3763

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allowing -9- J-A21014-19 evidence that the accused did not have money prior to a robbery to be introduced to establish a financial difficulties motive
“A charge is considered adequate unless the jury was palpably misled by what the trial judge said or there is an omission which is tantamount to fundamental error.”
“The trial court is not required to give every charge that is requested by the parties and its refusal to give a requested charge does not require reversal unless the appellant was prejudiced by that refusal.”
“In examining the - 13 - J-S41009-16 propriety of the instructions a trial court presents to a jury, our scope of review is to determine whether the trial court committed a clear abuse of discretion or an error of law which controlled the outcome of the case.”
\closing 'argument' is just that: argument\

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