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Commonwealth v. Kennedy

Citations

  • 151 A.3d 1117
  • 2016 Pa. Super. 273
  • 2016 Pa. Super. LEXIS 734

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a police officer could offer a lay opinion concerning the trajectory of bullet based on rods she placed in bullet holes
  • concluding that the defendant was not entitled to introduce evidence of truthfulness in light of testimony by two witnesses who contradicted the defendant’s testimony
  • concluding that the defendant was not entitled to introduce evidence of truthfulness in light of testimony by two witnesses who contradicted the defendant’s testimony
  • holding an officer’s opinion concerning the trajectory of bullet based on rods she placed in bullet holes was an admissible lay opinion
  • stating it is well established that “a jury may properly infer malice and specific intent from the fact that a victim was shot multiple times”
  • finding claim waived where review of issue raised was dependent upon materials not included in the certified record

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Judges: Olson, Ott, Musmanno

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