Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/19/1990

Commonwealth v. Green

Citations

581 A.2d 544
525 Pa. 424
1990 Pa. LEXIS 179

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vacating death sentence and remanding for re-sentencing because defendant could not cross-examine state's rebuttal witness during mitigation
vacating death sentence and remanding for resentencing because defendant could not cross-examine state's rebuttal witness during mitigation
noting with approval trial court’s instruction that arguments of counsel do not constitute evidence upon which the jury may base its verdict and finding no reversible error as result
“so long as the waiver is explained to defendant and his consent is not coerced, the waiver is valid”
it was error for the trial court to permit a witness to testify at sentencing that an unnamed inmate accused defendant of inciting other prisoners to take a hostage
“a criminal trial does not unfold like a play with actors following a script” and “a criminal conviction is not to be lightly overturned on the basis of a prosecutor’s comments standing alone”

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Judges: Papadakos, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, ñíx, Zappala

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