Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/20/1988

Commonwealth v. Holland

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543 A.2d 1068
518 Pa. 405
1988 Pa. LEXIS 163

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holding that the trial court did not err by allowing the prosecution to question prospective jurors regarding their ability to announce a death sentence in an appropriate case
finding that there “must be some relationship between the law upon which an instruction is required and the evidence presented at trial,” and concluding that “there was no basis in the record to support charging the jury on the voluntariness of [Petitioner’s] confessions”
preconceived beliefs or attitudes regarding imposition of death penalty provides proper grounds to dismiss prospective jurors for cause
preconceived beliefs or attitudes regarding imposition of death penalty provides proper grounds to dismiss prospective jurors for cause
where capital defendant did not testify at sentencing hearing, prosecutor’s comment on defendant’s failure to show remorse was not error
where capital defendant did not testify at sentencing hearing, prosecutor's comment on defendant's failure to show remorse was not error

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

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