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Commonwealth v. Underwood

Citations

  • 500 A.2d 820
  • 347 Pa. Super. 256
  • 1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8691

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  • allowing police officer to testify to exclamations of others that appellant had just robbed someone, because exclamations used solely to explain why police officer arrested appellant
  • “This Court has repeatedly upheld the introduction of out-of-court statements for the purpose of showing that based on information contained in the statements, the police followed a certain course of conduct that led to the defendant’s arrest.”

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Cirillo, Hester

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