· 7/2/1981
Commonwealth v. Scarpino
Citations
- 431 A.2d 926
- 494 Pa. 421
- 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1832
- 1981 Pa. LEXIS 1036
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Any possible prejudice [caused by the prosecutor’s closing argument] was addressed and eliminated by the trial judge’s prompt attention to the matter.”
- \Any possible prejudice [caused by the prosecutor's closing argument] was addressed and eliminated by the trial judge's prompt attention to the matter.\
- New trial warranted when unavoidable effect of prosecutorial comment is to deprive defendant of fair trial
- New trial warranted when unavoidable effect of prosecutorial comment is to deprive defendant of fair trial
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Wilkinson
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