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Commonwealth v. Tharp

Citations

  • 754 A.2d 1251
  • 562 Pa. 231
  • 2000 Pa. LEXIS 1707

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  • holding that amendment to Article I, Section 6 was constitutional and that there was no impediment, constitutional or otherwise, to applying it in this case
  • holding amendment to Article I, § 6, which affords Commonwealth same right to jury trial as accused, is constitutional
  • holding amendment to Article I, § 6, which affords Commonwealth same right to jury trial as accused, is constitutional
  • noting that the Court need not address issues in brief of amicus curiae because appellant had not raised the issue below or before the Court
  • rejecting the constitutional challenge to the 1998 amendment to Article I, Section 6, and holding that there was no impediment to applying the amendment to the facts presented
  • Article I, § 6, which affords Commonwealth same right to jury trial as accused, is constitutional

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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