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Dearing v. Commonwealth

UPHELD status graphic: Dearing v. Commonwealth. 992215 Dearing v. Commonwealth 11/03/2000 Admission into evidence of a co-defendant's statement to police, implicating the defendant, while putatively error under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt under the circumstances of this case, and hence the conviction is affirmed. (Opinion Revised 11/20/00)
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