Court Opinion

ID: 9706799
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:51:54.068462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:24.782424
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Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones:
I dissent on the ground that when the trial court, in its instructions to the jury commented upon the fact that Powell had been a fugitive from justice and stated that the jury could infer guilt from such fact, such comment and statement constituted reversible error. I believe such comment falls within the proscription of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966), as to the introduction into evidence of tacit admissions. See: Commonwealth ex rel. Shadd v. Myers, 423 Pa. 82, 85, 223 A. 2d 296 (1966).