Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/28/1992

Commonwealth v. Wharton

Citations

607 A.2d 710
530 Pa. 127
1992 Pa. LEXIS 276

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concluding that defendants ere- ated grave risk of death to infant, after having killed infant’s parents, by abandoning infant in house with heat turned off in February
finding a conversation between a detective and a witness admissible when in response to defense counsel's questioning about other possible suspects that may have been overlooked by the police
evidence of guilt so overwhelming that prejudicial effect of co-defendant’s admission too insignificant to violate Bruton rule
admission of codefendant’s confession implicating defendant was harmless error given overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt
admission of redacted confession that used term “other guy,” even if Bruton violation, was harmless error since defendant’s own interlocking confession properly admitted
evidence of brutality to victim’s child was admissible in murder case to set forth the history of the events on trial

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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