Commonwealth v. Verticelli

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting Superior Court conclusion that rule applies to all material statements
• abrogated on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Taylor, 574 Pa. 390, 831 A.2d 587, 595-96 (2003)
• abrogated on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Taylor, 574 Pa. 390, 831 A.2d 587, 595-96 (2003)
• corpus delicti rule does not apply to all statements of an accused, only those that are inculpatory of the crime at issue
• an appellate court will not reverse a trial court’s evi-dentiary ruling absent an abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).