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Com. v. Garcia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
Sep 17, 2004
858 A.2d 1161 (Pa. 2004)

Opinion

September 17, 2004.

Petition No. 225 EAL 2004 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 17th day of September 2004, we GRANT the Petition for Allowance of Appeal, LIMITED to the following issue:

"Is it error for the trial court to give a `no adverse inference' instruction in a multiple-defendant trial where one defendant requests the instruction and the other defendant waives his or her right to the instruction?"

We direct the parties to address the impact of Commonwealth v. Edwards, 535 Pa. 575, 637 A.2d 259, 261 (1993).


Summaries of

Com. v. Garcia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
Sep 17, 2004
858 A.2d 1161 (Pa. 2004)
Case details for

Com. v. Garcia

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Miguel GARCIA, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District

Date published: Sep 17, 2004

Citations

858 A.2d 1161 (Pa. 2004)
580 Pa. 12