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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/15/1987

Commonwealth v. Clayton

Citations

  • 532 A.2d 385
  • 516 Pa. 263
  • 1987 Pa. LEXIS 794

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  • holding that prosecutor's comment that people sentenced to life imprisonment do not always spend the rest of their lives in jail was proper response to defense counsel's factually misleading statements on commutations
  • holding that prosecutor’s comment that people sentenced to life imprisonment do not always spend the rest of their lives in jail was proper response to defense counsel’s factually misleading statements on commutations
  • finding factual similarities sufficient for admission of evidence of prior crimes demonstrating identity and common scheme
  • finding factual similarities sufficient for admission of evidence of prior crimes demonstrating identity and common scheme
  • not improper statement by prosecutor since it did not refer to what defendant would do if released and reference to parole was in response to argument made by defendant's counsel at closing
  • prosecutor's statement that \people who are sentenced to life imprisonment do not often spend their entire life in jail\ was fair response to inaccurate and misleading statement by defense counsel that commutation was statistically rare

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Judges: Flaherty, Hutchinson, Larsen, McDERMOTT, McDermott, Nix, Papadakos, Zappala

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