Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/1/1992

Commonwealth v. Rogers

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615 A.2d 55
419 Pa. Super. 122
1992 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3330

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finding that an involuntary manslaughter charge was unwarranted where the evidence showed that the defendant had “fir[ed] the entire magazine of his weapon into an occupied vehicle,” despite the defendant’s statement that he shot above the car so that no one would be hit
general rule is that evidence of other offenses are inadmissible, but such evidence is legally relevant when it has the tendency to establish motive
where all evidence, except defendant’s testimony, demonstrates that he fired entire magazine of weapon into occupied vehicle, killing victim, testimony does not support involuntary manslaughter verdict
where the physical evidence is in - 15 - J. A20005/14 contradiction to the defendant’s testimony, the court may refuse an inapplicable instruction
where there was no question before the jury us to the degree of harm, gruesome photos were overly inflammatory
language of Draxinger must be read in light of Supreme Court’s mandate in White and Williams; evidentiary burden includes “all of the evidence from whatever source [that] reasonably [would] support a verdict of involuntary manslaughter”

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