In the Matter of the Petition of Judeau S. Brown Jr. for a Writ of Prohibition

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• explaining the requirement of knowledge of a weapon applies “where the conviction is for felony-murder and the underlying felony has as one of its elements the use or possession of a weapon”
• Frye standard requires \theory and methodology in question to be generally accepted by a relevant scientific community\
• prosecutor properly argued from evidence of location of car that defendant parked it to make \an easy getaway\
• \The decision not to raise cumulative evidence merely for quantity's sake does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel\
• to convict defendant as joint venturer rather than principal of crime involving use or possession of dangerous weapon, Commonwealth must prove defendant knew his coventurer was armed with dangerous weapon
• counsel not ineffective for failing to present cumulative evidence about parking options available to defendant where counsel pointed out lack of options during view and reminded jury during closing argument

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