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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/18/2010

Commonwealth v. Wholaver

Citations

  • 989 A.2d 883
  • 605 Pa. 325
  • 2010 Pa. LEXIS 162

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that charges for sexual offense, solicitation of murder, and murder charges should be tried together “because the charges all flowed from the same events and were part of the same story...”
  • noting that where defendant had the opportunity to cross-examine a witness, the right to confrontation has been met
  • explaining that Appellant argued that the trial court’s “actions violated his rights to due process, to present, a defense, to have competent counsel, and to confront his accusers, necessitating a new trial”
  • finding, inter alia, joinder for trial appropriate where charges brought in two, separate matters flowed from the same events and were part of the same story
  • .holding that Murder charges, Sexual Assault charges and -Solicitation to commit murder charges should all be tried together because the charges all flowed froia the same events and were part of the same story, joinder for trial was appropriate
  • rejecting Appellant’s contention that ‘‘the trial court erred in' allowing incorporation of evidence from the guilt phase, concerning nine-month-old Madison Wholaver’s dehydrated condition, into the penalty phase”

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Judges: Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery

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