229 Pa. Super. 116 - Commonwealth v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 1980
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Wade · Coleman v. Alabama · Schneble v. Florida · Brown v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘We cannot equate the improper introduction of a photograph or a reference thereto with those violations, such as lack of counsel, coerced confession, or a [prejudiced] judge, that obviously destroy the trial’s fact-finding reliability so that an automatic reversal is required. If, in a particular case, the record raises no reasonable doubt that the improper introduction of a photograph or a reference thereto did not influence the jury’s verdict of guilt, the defendant is not entitled to a new trial.’ ” (Footnote omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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