330 Pa. Super. 366 - Commonwealth v. Nolen’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 1993
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Commonwealth v. Story · Hulver v. United States · Commonwealth v. Brown · Lenahan v. Pittston Coal Mining Co.
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“Crater’s testimony gave the prosecution its case against Evans and Nolen. Crater alone could place the boys at Ritchie’s Bar that night. The patrons present during the robbery failed to identify either Nolen or Evans, and could not even state with certainty the robbers’ race or sex. Appellants presented an alibi defense. Evans took the stand and denied any connection with the Ritchie incident. Without Crater’s testimony, the prosecution had little evidence to link the boys to the crime. Thus, the Commonwealth’s case rose and fell on Crater’s testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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