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COMMONWEALTH v. RIVERA

No. 22 MAP 2022.

296 A.3d 1141 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Jonathan RIVERA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: June 21, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Ann Mathewson, Esq. , Mathewson Law LLC, Christopher T. Powell Jr., Esq. , Powell Law PC, for Appellant.

Albert Charles Ondrey, Esq. , Bradford County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.

OPINION

This discretionary appeal allows us to consider harmless error in the context of post-arrest silence. At trial, the prosecutor in this case asked the arresting officer a series of questions about the defendant's post-arrest behavior, particularly whether the defendant denied the charges against...

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