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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/29/2015

Commonwealth v. Haney, P., Aplt.

Citations

  • 131 A.3d 24
  • 634 Pa. 690
  • 2015 Pa. LEXIS 3188
  • 2015 WL 9485187

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  • rejecting defendant’s position that a witness was not credible by observing that the “jury was free to find this evidence credible”
  • finding challenge to evidence offered at preliminary hearing rendered moot by subsequent jury conviction
  • accepting expert opinion testimony to reasonable degree of medical certainty on manner of death
  • citing, inter alia, Commonwealth v. Lee, 662. A.2d 645, 650 (Pa. 1995)
  • numerous (numerous bruises on a a 18 18 deceased child due to aa severe beating
  • defendant’s repeated attacks on four-year-old victim, “during which he inflicted blows to vital parts of [victim]’s body, such as his head and stomach, over a period of at least three days,” along with a refusal to seek medical attention, proved malice and specific intent to kill

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Judges: Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, Stevens

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