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358 Pa. Super. 198 - Commonwealth v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1988
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Cruz · Keefer v. Byers · 262 Pa. Super. 540 - Commonwealth v. Gore · 322 Pa. Super. 249 - Commonwealth v. Bailey · 276 Pa. Super. 368 - Commonwealth v. Kjersgaard

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Prior declarations of a witness which are consistent with his present testimony may be admitted to corroborate his testimony at trial if impugned, expressly or impliedly, as the product of recent fabrication, particularly when improper influence of the witness is implicated. See Commonwealth v. Cruz, 489 Pa. 559 , 414 A.2d 1032 (1980). Commonwealth v. Clark, 355 Pa.Super. 200 , 512 A.2d 1282 (1986). As noted in Commonwealth v. Gore, 262 Pa.Super. 540, 550 , 396 A.2d 1302, 1307 (1978), “it is not necessary that the impeachment be explicit, i.e., that an actual allegation of recent fabrication be made, but only that a jury be able to reasonably infer that such is occurring.” See also Commonwealth v. Bailey, 322 Pa. Super. 249 , 469 A.2d 604 (1983); Commonwealth v. Kjersgaard, 276 Pa.Super. 368 , 419 A.2d 502 (1980).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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