Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/20/1996

Commonwealth v. Cook

Citations

676 A.2d 639
544 Pa. 361
1996 Pa. LEXIS 1023

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holding that the trial court properly excluded evidence relating to a purported additional suspect where the evidence was speculative and had little or no probative value
relying on Spence for proposition that 365 day rundate applies to capital defendants who are not entitled to bail
relying on Spence for proposition that 365 day rundate applies to capital defendants who are not entitled to bail
finding sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction of first-degree murder -9- J-S70041-16 where “inculpatory statements appellant made to numerous parties demonstrated that appellant deliberately planned to murder the victim”
religious references by prosecutor “were a fair response to the evidence presented by the defense and did not violate the per se rule of Chambers”
“Any delay caused by the need to reschedule a trial because of a continuance attributable to the defense constitutes excludable time[.]”

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Judges: Nix, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro

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