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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/20/1997

Commonwealth v. Washington

Citations

  • 700 A.2d 400
  • 549 Pa. 12
  • 1997 Pa. LEXIS 1669

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  • holding that it was not improper for prosecutor to argue that jury should show defendant same mercy he showed victim
  • denying three challenges to the prosecutor's statements in the penalty phase on the grounds that all were reasonable inferences drawn from or reiterations of the evidence presented in the case
  • denying three challenges to the prosecutor’s statements in the penalty phase on the grounds that all were reasonable inferences drawn from or reiterations of the evidence presented in the case
  • omissions of facts from prior statements do not render them inconsistent statements for purposes of impeachment
  • prosecutor’s comments in closing argument of penalty phase were permissible where prosecutor asked jury “to give Anthony Washington the same sympathy and mercy that he showed to Tracey Lawson when he gunned him down in cold blood right between the eyes, right in the head”
  • prosecutor’s comments in closing arguments of penalty phase were permissible where prosecutor asked jury “to give Anthony Washington the same sympathy and mercy that he showed to Tracey Lawson when he gunned him down in cold blood right between the eyes, right in the head”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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