Commonwealth v. Woods

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 4, 1973

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1973-12-04

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Decided 1973-12-04

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Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently July 1994

15 state decisions

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¶1Dissenting Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Jones:

¶2In my view, the admission in rebuttal of the oral statements made by appellant to the .police officer was not erroneous. Even if it were erroneous, such error *8was elearly harmless, non-prejudicial error which would not justify a new trial.