Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/14/1988

Commonwealth v. Duffey

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548 A.2d 1178
519 Pa. 348
1988 Pa. LEXIS 252

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concluding that it was not improper for the prosecutor to comment on the appellant's childhood history of epileptic seizures when the appellant himself had introduced the evidence into the record as a mitigating circumstance
concluding that it was not improper for the prosecutor to comment on the appellant’s childhood history of epileptic seizures when the appellant himself had introduced the evidence into the record as a mitigating circumstance
holding sufficient evidence supported robbery conviction where defendant confessed to holding victim at knifepoint while taking her money and watch
photographs of victim and murder scene properly admitted to show the victim's injuries and to help the jury understand the murder scene
photographs of victim and murder scene properly admitted to show the victim’s injuries and to help the jury understand the murder scene
no harm in prosecutor’s argument that defendant’s epilepsy should not constitute mitigation factor

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott

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