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415 Pa. 379

Commonwealth v. Coyle

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 14, 1964

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1964-10-14

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Decided 1964-10-14

How this case has been cited

Cited by 211 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Commonwealth v. Lark (1988), Commonwealth v. Colson (1985)

3 federal appellate · 200 state decisions

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¶1Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen:

¶2The effect of the atmosphere created by the actions of the news media and the trial tactics of the district attorney together with the admission into evidence of extraneous crimes and crimes committed during flight, the doubt as to defendant’s competency, and the admission into evidence of his uncounseled statements causes me to seriously doubt that defendant’s trial was as fundamentally fair as the Constitution requires. Therefore, I would grant a new trial rather than remand with reservation of the final decision.

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