Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Robinson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 12, 1995No. 42 W.D. Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion Announcing the Judgment of the Court

CASTILLE, Justice.

Appellant claims he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court: (1) failed to give an adequate cautionary instruction after the arresting officer testified that appellant was initially “hesitant as far as cooperating” prior to his statement to police, and (2) erred in denying appellant’s motion for mistrial after one of appellant’s co-conspirators non-responsively testified that he and appellant’s other co-conspirators all pleaded guilty to the same offenses for which appellant was being tried. For the following reasons, we…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. BegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. JudySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. duPontSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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