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Commonwealth v. Miller

Citations

  • 448 Pa. 114
  • 290 A.2d 62
  • 1972 Pa. LEXIS 440

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  • erroneous instructions on right of self-defense were “basic and fundamental error” requiring new trial and trial counsel should be deemed ineffective
  • court's charge free of error when it provided an accurate factual 22 summary of the testimony given and contained no suggestion that the jury return a verdict of guilty

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Judges: Barbieri, Bell, Brien, Consideration, Eagen, Former, Jones, Pomeroy, Roberts, Took

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