· 8/18/2021
State of Iowa v. Jerrmie Kershner
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- holding prosecutor’s gross negligence in failing to obtain and produce defendant’s post-arrest written statement to police and statement of principal eyewitness was insufficient basis upon which to bar retrial on double jeopardy grounds; appropriate remedy in such circumstances is new trial
- applying double jeopardy analysis to discovery violation by examining prosecutor’s intent to suppress evidence
- “Our Supreme Court has determined that the double jeopardy clauses of Pennsylvania’s constitution provides greater protection than its federal (Footnote Continued Next Page
- “[w]here issues of credibility and weight of the evidence are concerned, it is not the function of the appellate court to substitute its judgment based on a cold record for that of the trial court”
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