Commonwealth v. Shain

493 Pa. 360 (1981)

426 A.2d 589

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania,

v.

Stephen SHAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 20, 1981.

Decided March 13, 1981.

John Paul Curran, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Nancy Wasser, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

We are again faced with a challenge to the propriety of the remarks of a prosecutor during his summation to the jury. For the reasons that follow we are constrained to find that the learned trial judge erred in…