Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/29/1995

Commonwealth v. Wharton

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665 A.2d 458
542 Pa. 83
1995 Pa. LEXIS 969

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holding that, to rebut a defendant’s assertion of the Section 9711(e)(1) mitigator, the Commonwealth is permitted to present all of the defendant’s prior convictions, including those which were contemporaneous with the defendant’s first degree murder conviction
if the defendant presents evidence of a mitigating factor under Section 9711(e)(1), the Commonwealth is permitted to present as rebuttal all of the defendant’s prior convictions
if defendant pursues his lack of a significant criminal history as a mitigating circumstance, the Commonwealth is permitted to present as rebuttal all of the defendant’s prior convictions

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zarpala, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro

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