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619 Pa. 466

65 A.3d 291

Commonwealth v. Castro

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 9, 2013

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2013-04-09

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 2014

1 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Is it possible to meet the test for after-discovered evidence where the defendant proffers no evidence, but instead relies on a newspaper article?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Commonwealth v. Castro

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Decided 2013-04-09

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND NOW, this 9th day of April, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as phrased by petitioner, is:

Is it possible to meet the test for after-discovered evidence where the defendant proffers no evidence, but instead relies on a newspaper article?

¶3Petitioner’s Petition for Leave to File Reply to Brief in Opposition to Commonwealth’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.

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