Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/29/1998

Commonwealth v. Randolph

Citations

718 A.2d 1242
553 Pa. 224
1998 Pa. LEXIS 2097

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holding that “[i]t is a fundamental precept of our judicial system that a lower tribunal may not disregard the standards articulated by a higher court”
finding that our Supreme Court condemned “rendering a credibility determination as to the defendant’s actual innocence.”
finding that our Supreme Court condemned “rendering a credibility determination as to the defendant’s actual innocence.”
criticizing the intermediate court’s refusal to give weight to an innocence assertion as a “cavalier disregard of the Forbes standard”
criticizing the intermediate court’s refusal to give weight to an innocence assertion as a “cavalier disregard of the Forbes standard”
“It is a fundamental precept of our judicial system that a lower tribunal may not disregard the standards articulated by a higher court.”

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

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