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Commonwealth v. Miller

Citations

  • 746 A.2d 592
  • 560 Pa. 500
  • 2000 Pa. LEXIS 440

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  • concluding that the appellant was \not entitled to psychiatric assistance to prove the mental health mitigating circumstances\ because future dangerousness was not an issue at trial
  • holding that claim involving unchallenged evidence was not previously litigated
  • holding that claim involving unchallenged evidence was not previously litigated
  • holding capital defendant entitled to state-paid psychiatric assistance only where needed to rebut prosecution's assertion of future dangerousness, not to prove mitigating circumstances
  • holding capital defendant entitled to state-paid psychiatric assistance only where needed to rebut prosecution’s assertion of future dangerousness, not to prove mitigating circumstances
  • explaining that this Court will not review a jury charge by taking isolated comments out of context

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

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