BATTAGLIA, J.
The case sub judice presents us with the issue of whether a jury instruction on flight should ever be given in a criminal case. Although we determine that flight instructions are not per se improper, we conclude, nevertheless, that the trial judge abused his discretion in the case at bar in providing a flight instruction to the jury.
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On July 17, 2002, Noah Gottesman, William Beaver, and Bradley Kelly were...
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