Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/2/1981

Commonwealth v. Parker

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431 A.2d 216
494 Pa. 196
1981 Pa. LEXIS 893

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holding defendant did not exercise reasonable diligence where he failed to learn before or during trial of girlfriend’s confession to murder for which he was on trial
holding defendant did not exercise reasonable diligence where he failed to learn before or during trial of girlfriend’s confession to murder for which he was on trial
holding defendant did not exercise reasonable diligence where he failed to learn before or during trial of girlfriend's confession to murder for which he was on trial
holding defendant did not exercise reasonable diligence where he failed to learn before or during trial of girlfriend’s confession to murder for which he was on trial
stating conflicting accounts are inherently unreliable and would not compel different verdict in new trial
affirming trial court’s rejection of confession of defendant’s girlfriend as unreliable, where girlfriend made confession during jury deliberations later repudiated her confession

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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Wilkinson

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