Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/25/2006

Commonwealth v. May

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898 A.2d 559
587 Pa. 184
2006 Pa. LEXIS 850

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indicating that Appellant \does not now contend that trial counsel were ineffective for failing to call those witnesses to testify\
finding no prejudice resulted from testimony that was fleeting when viewed in the context of a trial that consisted of more than one-thousand pages of testimony
finding no prejudice resulted from testimony that was fleeting when viewed in the context of a trial that consisted of more than one-thousand pages of testimony
noting importance of juries being made aware of defendant’s childhood when deciding whether to impose death penalty
reflecting counsel's characterization of residual doubt as \the only chance we had\
in direct capital appeal, challenge to admissibility of evidence at penalty hearing was waived because defense failed to object

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin

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