Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/12/1999

Commonwealth v. Keaton

Citations

729 A.2d 529
556 Pa. 442
1999 Pa. LEXIS 1015

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noting that the jury charge must be considered as a whole
developing the standard of review for a weight-of-the-evidence claim, centered on the discretionary nature of the trial court’s decision
stating those elements, plus additional element under prior law that complainant not be defendant’s wife
stating that arguments of counsel are not evidence
“it is axiomatic that the Commonwealth is not required to prove motive to establish guilt even where the crime charged is murder of the first degree”
similarities among cases such as that offenses were committed over six-month period, all three victims lived in the defendant’s neighborhood, all three victims were African American, and each offense involved strangulation compelled that consolidation for trial was proper

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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