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Commonwealth v. Wilson

Citations

  • 707 A.2d 1114
  • 550 Pa. 518
  • 1998 Pa. LEXIS 67

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  • holding that, under the standard announced in Commonwealth v. Lively, 530 Pa. 464, 610 A.2d 7 (1992), a prior inconsistent statement may be used as substantive evidence when it is an au-diotaped or videotaped recording
  • disallowing use of officer's notes of prior statements made by minor victims
  • disallowing use of officer's notes of prior statements made by minor victims
  • i.e., he does not challenge the admission of a prior inconsistent, unrecorded, oral statement of Mr. Phillips, which implicated Appellant
  • for purposes of Brady, verbatim account of prior inconsistent statement that is tape-recorded is made under highly reliable circumstances
  • for purposes of Brady, verbatim account of prior inconsistent statement that is tape-recorded is made under highly reliable circumstances

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

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