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· 7/2/1982

Commonwealth v. Goldblum

Citations

  • 447 A.2d 234
  • 498 Pa. 455
  • 1982 Pa. LEXIS 550

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that evidence that the defendant paid a police officer to kill a witness was admissible to prove consciousness of guilt
  • evidence that appellant agreed to pay undercover operative to kill witness is admissible to show consciousness of guilt
  • evidence that appellant agreed to pay undercover operative to kill witness is admissible to show consciousness of guilt
  • evidence of defendant’s attempts to have witness killed admissible for purpose of proving defendant’s consciousness of guilt
  • witness was of below average intelligence and suffered from organ ic brain damage that allegedly affected his ability to distinguish between fact and fiction
  • appellant cannot relitigate on direct appeal from the judgment of sentence an issue previously appealed in the same case

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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Flaherty, McDermott, Larsen

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