Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Serge
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 2006No. 150 MAP 2004PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NEWMAN.
Michael Serge (Appellant) appeals the sentence of life imprisonment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Lacka*677wanna County (trial court) following his conviction for first-degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a). We granted allowance of appeal in this case to consider the admissibility of a computer-generated animation (CGA) illustrating the Commonwealth’s theory of the homicide. For the reasons discussed herein, we hold that the trial court properly admitted the CGA as demonstrative evidence.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On the morning of January 15, 2001, Appellant shot…
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