Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 3, 1983No. 20 and 50 W.D. Appeal Docket 1982PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
In this appeal, we must determine whether the district attorney’s failure to correct certain false testimony rendered by the chief witness for the Commonwealth and failure to provide defense counsel with that witness’ complete criminal background and record upon request has deprived appellant of his right to a fair trial. We answer in the affirmative and grant appellant a new trial.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by62 opinions
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