267 Pa. Super. 530 - Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 1985
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henry v. Mississippi · Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Cohen · Commonwealth v. Moore · United States v. Jackson
Most-quoted passages
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“The “missing witness” rule as it is often called, holds generally that “when a potential witness is available to only one of the parties to a trial, and it appears this witness has special information material to the issue, and this person’s testimony would not merely be cumulative, then if such party does not produce the testimony of this witness, the jury may draw an inference that it would have been unfavorable.” Commonwealth v. Moore, 453 Pa. 302, 305 , 309 A.2d 569, 570 (1973). The rule does not apply if “the Commonwealth adequately explains its inability to produce the witness ... or establishes other reasons why the witness need not or should not be called.” Commonwealth v. Paull, 250 Pa.Super. 416, 420 , 378 A.2d 1006, 1007 (1977).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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