Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/28/1978

Commonwealth v. Garcia

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387 A.2d 46
478 Pa. 406
1978 Pa. LEXIS 602

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\Do you know anybody who would bump off her old man for a thousand dollars?\
accused's 16-year-old daughter lacked coequal dominion and control over the home of the accused where accused had power to determine extent of daughter's authority to admit people to the home
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two Justices joining in the opinion and two Justices concurring in the result
letter written by superintendent of mental hospital to court not a business record because writing letters to judges not done by hospital in ordinary course of business

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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Jones

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