368 Pa. Super. 427 - Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
September 1998
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Swain v. State of Alabama · Griffith v. Kentucky · Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Mikulan
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“[A]n appellate evaluation of a trial court’s charge to the jury must be based on an examination of the charge as a whole in order to determine whether it was fair or prejudicial. Commonwealth v. Ohle, 503 Pa. 566, 582 , 470 A.2d 61, 70 (1983); Commonwealth v. Tolassi, 489 Pa. 41, 57 , 413 A.2d 1003, 1010 (1980). Error cannot be predicated on isolated excerpts from a charge, but must be predicated on the charge as a whole. Commonwealth v. Sweger, 351 Pa.Super. 188, 194 , 505 A.2d 331, 334 (1986); Commonwealth v. Smith, 343 Pa.Super. 435, 443 , 495 A.2d 543, 547 (1985). Jury instructions will be upheld if they adequately and accurately reflect the law and are sufficient to guide the jury properly in its deliberations. Commonwealth v. Person, 345 Pa.Super. 341, 345 , 498 A.2d 432, 434 (1985).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he failure to raise an issue, objection, or argument in a timely manner during trial forecloses further review of an alleged error in post-trial motions or at the appellate level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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