Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/17/2005

Commonwealth v. DeJesus

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880 A.2d 608
584 Pa. 29
2005 Pa. LEXIS 1787

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holding that because evidence of guilt was overwhelming, any error caused by admission of prejudicial evidence was harmless
concluding that the aggravator was satisfied based on evidence that the defendant “spray[ed] bullets up and down” a street from his position on a rooftop, killing one victim and injuring two others
noting that “other evidence presented by the Commonwealth showed that [DeJesus] evaded an arrest on at least one occasion . . . mak[ing] clear that [he] knew of his fugitive status and intended to evade police custody, which in turn suggested his consciousness of guilt”
affirming conviction of first-degree murder, lesser crimes, and sentence of death; PCRA petition pending
“If evidence of possession of, or access to, a weapon other than the murder weapon were proffered for some other relevant purpose, no hard and fast rule could require its exclusion.”
“[A]n evidentiary error of the trial court will be deemed harmless on appeal where the appellate court is convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the error could not have contributed to the verdict.”

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer

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