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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/9/1994

Commonwealth v. Wilson

Citations

  • 649 A.2d 435
  • 538 Pa. 485
  • 1994 Pa. LEXIS 611

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  • concluding that testimony indicating that the defendant was incarcerated prior to trial was not improper where the jury could reasonably infer that the defendant’s detention was the result of the criminal acts for which the defendant was on trial
  • concluding that testimony indicating that the defendant was incarcerated prior to trial was not improper where the jury could reasonably infer that the defendant's detention was the result of the criminal acts for which the defendant was on trial
  • concluding that testimony indicating that the defendant was incarcerated prior to trial was not improper where the jury could reasonably infer that the defendant’s detention was the result of the criminal acts for which the defendant was on trial
  • concluding that testimony indicating that the defendant was incarcerated prior to trial was not improper where the jury could reasonably infer that the defendant’s detention was the result of the criminal acts for which the defendant was on trial
  • standing alone, fact that prosecutor used between 10 to 12 challenges to exclude black persons from jury was insufficient to establish a Batson violation
  • noting that the defense wished for the jury to “consider that Appellant believed that the. victim, Jamie Lamb, was responsible for the murder of his adopted brother. The jury unanimously rejected this evidence as a basis for a mitigating circumstance.”

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

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