Spotz v. Pennsylvania

Decision Date31 October 2005
Docket NumberNo. 05-6089.,05-6089.
Citation546 U.S. 984,126 S. Ct. 564,163 L. Ed. 2d 474
PartiesSPOTZ <I>v.</I> PENNSYLVANIA.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Certiorari denied.

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  • Commonwealth v. Colavita
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • April 29, 2010
    ...references to post-arrest silence. In Commonwealth v. Spotz, 582 Pa. 207, 870 A.2d 822 (2005), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 984, 126 S.Ct. 564, 163 L.Ed.2d 474 (2005), we addressed this very point at length, making clear this Court's strong preference that counsel be heard from before being found......
  • Commonwealth of Pa. v. Ali
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • December 29, 2010
    ...and second prongs have been met.").Commonwealth v. Spotz, 582 Pa. 207, 870 A.2d 822, 829-30 (2005), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 984, 126 S.Ct. 564, 163 L.Ed.2d 474 (2005).4 Respecting prejudice, "[a] reasonable probability is a probability that is sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcom......
  • Commonwealth  v. Molina
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Superior Court
    • November 9, 2011
    ...offered at trial.”). Our supreme court in Commonwealth v. Spotz, 582 Pa. 207, 870 A.2d 822 (2005), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 984, 126 S.Ct. 564, 163 L.Ed.2d 474 (2005), noted: In the seminal case of [ Doyle, supra ] the U.S. Supreme Court determined that prosecutorial comment at trial on a def......
  • Commonwealth v. Burno
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • June 16, 2014
    ...and prejudice test set forth in Strickland[, supra].” Commonwealth v. Spotz, 582 Pa. 207, 220, 870 A.2d 822, 829 (2005), cert. denied,546 U.S. 984, 126 S.Ct. 564, 163 L.Ed.2d 474 (2005) (quotation, quotation marks, and citations omitted). In Pennsylvania, we have divided the performance ele......
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