Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/17/2018

Commonwealth v. Brown

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196 A.3d 130

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arguing that courts “must defer to the District Attorney’s exercise of discretion in conceding sentencing error[,]” which we rejected
noting that a Kloiber instruction is not required where a witness was uncertain about or inconsistent with certain details of the crime
explaining that the judicial branch is not required to adopt the parties’ agreement on legal conclusions; “a district attorney’s concession of error is not a substitute for independent judicial review”
stating that appellate courts are “neither obliged, nor even particularly equipped, to develop an argument for a party. To do so places the Court in the conflicting roles of advocate and neutral arbiter.”
explaining that appellate courts are “neither obliged, nor even particularly equipped, to develop an argument for a party. To do so places the Court in the conflicting roles of advocate and neutral arbiter.”
stating that appellate courts are “neither obliged, nor even particularly equipped, to develop an argument for a party. To do so places the Court in the conflicting roles of advocate and neutral arbiter”

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Judges: Baer, Donohue, Dougherty, Mundy, Saylor, Todd, Wecht

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