Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/4/1981

Commonwealth v. Coccioletti

Citations

425 A.2d 387
493 Pa. 103
1981 Pa. LEXIS 700

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holding it unnecessary to establish which of two defendants fired the fatal shot, where the other would be equally responsible as an accomplice
opining that silence in the face of co-participant’s inculpatory declaration was admissible pursuant to the implied admission exception to hearsay rule, given that it occurred outside the presence of police
opining that silence in the face of co-participant’s inculpatory declaration was admissible pursuant to the implied admission exception to hearsay rule, given that it occurred outside the presence of police
“The least degree of collusion is sufficient to sustain a finding of responsibility as an accomplice.”
\The least degree of collusion is sufficient to sustain a finding of responsibility as an accomplice.\
\This Court has extended the co-conspirator exception to admit declarations by `co-participants' in a crime even where conspiracy has not been charged or proven.\ (citations omitted)

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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman

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