Court Opinion

ID: 9747611
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 15:23:14.394483+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:24.961438
License: Public Domain

MANDERINO, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the majority’s grant of a new trial solely because of the trial court’s failure to charge the jury on the elements of burglary and robbery.
I would also like to comment on the majority’s citation in footnote nine to the “Pennsylvania Standard Jury Instructions, Criminal Subcommittee Drafts § 15, 2502B(3).” Although the Standard Jury Instruction project may provide a helpful guide to trial judges, the standards are not conclusive. The suggestions contained in the drafts are always subject to challenge by attorneys in their advocacy before this Court.
NIX, J., joins in this concurring opinion.