Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Parker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 2007No. 26 EAP 2006, 27 EAP 2006PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION
Justice BALDWIN.
In this case, one of first impression for this Court, we review whether it is proper for a prosecutor to display a potentially inflammatory tangible piece of evidence to the jury during his opening statement. The Superior Court held that allowing the prosecutor to show the jury a handgun during his opening statement was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. Commonwealth v. Parker, 882 A.2d 488, 490 (Pa.Super.2005). Nonetheless, the Superior Court went on to find that the error was harmless. Id. at 494. Both parties sought allowance of appeal from the…
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