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· 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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