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COMMONWEALTH v. HAMLETT

No. 8 WAP 2019.

234 A.3d 486 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James Calvin HAMLETT, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 21, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Michelle Noel, Esq. , Allegheny County Public Defender's Office, for Appellant.

Patrick Aloysius Casey, Esq. , for Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Paul R. Scholle, Esq. , Michael Wayne Streily, Esq. , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, Pittsburgh, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

Appeal was allowed to determine whether this Court should prohibit Pennsylvania appellate courts from exercising their discretion to apply the harmless-error doctrine when deemed warranted, in criminal cases where advocacy from the Commonwealth on the...

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