Commonwealth v. Fewell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an alleged error at the preliminary hearing stage is moot once the appellant was convicted by a jury at a fair and impartial trial
• holding that a violation of the Section 5944 privilege in a criminal context was harmless error as the psychiatrist’s testimony was merely cumulative of other untainted testimony
• finding evidence sufficient where appellant mother placed plastic bag over her son’s head to stop him from crying which resulted in his death by asphyxiation
• finding evidence sufficient where appellant mother placed plastic bag over her son's head to stop him from crying which resulted in his death by asphyxiation
• leaving baby unattended with access to a plastic bag is sufficient to support conviction for endangering the welfare of a child
• “An error in the admission or exclusion of evidence requires reversal unless the Commonwealth establishes that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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