Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/23/1990

Commonwealth v. Tharp

Citations

575 A.2d 557
525 Pa. 94
1990 Pa. LEXIS 137

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permitting the Commonwealth to reopen after failing to prove an essential element of an offense in its case-in- chief
finding no abuse of discretion where the trial court during a jury' trial permitted the Commonwealth to reopen its case to present additional evidence concerning an element of the crime, despite a defense motion for demurrer
“[A] trial court has the discretion to reopen a case for either side, prior to the entry of final judgment, in order to prevent a failure or miscarriage of justice.”
“[A] trial court has the discretion to reopen a case for either side, prior to the entry of final judgment, in order to prevent a failure or miscarriage of justice.”
“Under the law of this Commonwealth a trial court has the discretion to reopen a case for either side, prior to the entry of final judgment, in order to prevent a failure or miscarriage of justice.”
granting the- motion of a party to re-open the record

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott

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