2003 Pa. Super. 401 - Commonwealth v. Sileo’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “I. The trial court erred in denying Si-leo’s ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim. II. The trial court erred when it allowed into evidence under the hearsay exception for excited utterance James Webb’s statement, after an altercation with [appellant], that “Guy’s got that gun, the unregistered one.” III. The trial court improperly allowed into evidence wholly speculative expert witness testimony concerning the likely height of the perpetrator. IV. The trial court jury instructions concerning the effect of Sileo’s perjury conviction were hopelessly in conflict and prejudicial, necessitating a new trial. V. The trial court should have granted a new trial based on the prosecution’s repeated improper expressions of personal belief during closing argument in the [appellant’s] guilt and lack of credibility and veracity. VI. The trial court violated the [appellant’s] right to a public trial by conducting individual voir dire privately.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 193 - Commonwealth v. Sileo