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529 Pa. 7

601 A.2d 268

Commonwealth v. Butler

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 19, 1991

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1991-12-19

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Decided 1991-12-19

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Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently June 2019

24 state decisions

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FLAHERTY, Justice,

¶1concurring and dissenting.

¶2The credibility of the police officer was not in issue inasmuch as whether the defendant had in fact previously testified that she had no convictions in the course of her trial on the charge of prostitution was not a disputed issue. Cross examination of the police officer, therefore, on the issue of defendant’s guilt would not be warranted. The question of prosecutorial vindictiveness, however, as properly set out in the majority opinion, is for the court to determine after an evidentiary hearing, and I would remand for such a hearing.

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