Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/4/1995

Commonwealth v. May

Citations

656 A.2d 1335
540 Pa. 237
1995 Pa. LEXIS 221

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concluding that communication made in presence of a third party who lacked capacity to be a witness did not amount to waiver of attorney-client privilege
finding specific intent where victim suffered five stab wounds to upper body
equating, incorrectly, the “common scheme” exception and the “ ‘signature crime’ exception”
upholding the admission of two prior rape-assaults in a first-degree murder trial where each victim was stabbed repeatedly in the upper body with a small knife, had brown shoulder-length hair, and was left in a remote, wooded location
equating, incorrectly, the “common scheme” exception and the “‘signature crime’ exception”
finding specific intent where victim suffered five stab wounds to upper body

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakds, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro

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