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Commonwealth v. Scaramuzzino

Citations

  • 455 Pa. 378
  • 317 A.2d 225
  • 1974 Pa. LEXIS 641

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “the practice of admitting photographs of the body of the deceased, unless they have essential evidentiary value, is condemned.”
  • color slides showing heart removed from deceased and wounded portions of torso held, inflammatory
  • slides merely cumulative to testimony of pathologist
  • slides merely cumulative to testimony of pathologist

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Mandarino

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