· 3/16/2022
Commonwealth v. McCrea, D.
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- remanding for resentencing where the defendant was acquitted of vehicular homicide but the judge, in sentencing the defendant for driving recklessly or negligently so as to endanger the safety of the public, nevertheless held the defendant “responsible for the fatality”
- “even grossly improper statements by a prosecutor will not require a new trial when evidence of guilt is overwhelming”
- “[A]t common law, a prosecutor retained the discretion to resubmit a charge to a grand jury after having been dismissed by a previous grand jury.”
- improper to characterize \whole defense\ as \sham\
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Judges: Per Curiam
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