32 A.3d 1259
Decided December 5, 2011
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2011-12-05
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 2012
1 state decisions
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“Whether the test employed in United States v. Peterson, 233 F.3d 101 (1st Cir.2000), adopted by the Superior Court in this case, to be utilized when a criminal defendant seeks to testify after the close of evidence, is an unconstitutional burden on a citizen’s fundamental right to testify in his own defense?”
quoted by 1 later decision, including Commonwealth v. Baldwin
Relies on United States of America v. Henry Peterson
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Decided 2011-12-05
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¶1 ORDER
¶2AND NOW, this 5th day of December, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal *1260is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Whether the test employed in United States v. Peterson, 233 F.3d 101 (1st Cir.2000), adopted by the Superior Court in this case, to be utilized when a criminal defendant seeks to testify after the close of evidence, is an unconstitutional burden on a citizen’s fundamental right to testify in his own defense?