Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/24/2014

Commonwealth v. Tharp

Citations

101 A.3d 736
627 Pa. 673
2014 Pa. LEXIS 2501

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holding that conference where Commonwealth and trial counsel questioned jurors about off-the-record comment they overheard was not critical stage of trial
stating that \testimony was not necessary to avoid prejudice to [the a]ppellant because [the] proffered testimony was cumulative of evidence already presented by the defense\
concluding that record supported “PCRA court’s factual finding that no undisclosed agreement existed[ that] was suppressed by the Commonwealth” despite “that other evidence presented at the PCRA evidentiary hearing suggested that an oral agreement may have been reached”
concluding defendant failed to show prejudice where testimony cumulative of evidence already presented in appellant’s defense
holding the appellant failed to demonstrate prejudice where the proposed witness’s testimony would have been merely cumulative of other evidence
finding that the Commonwealth does not violate Brady when it does not disclose a criminal record that the accused could have obtained

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

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