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Strongest positive: Com. v. Medlen, T., No. 344 WDA 2014 (Pa. Super. Ct. Feb. 5, 2016)
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At page 198 It is always admissible to show that the defendant has attempted to destroy testimony tending to prove his own guilt.1 citing case1 citing court put it this way
  • Com. v. Medlen, T., No. 344 WDA 2014 (Pa. Super. Ct. Feb. 5, 2016).unpublished
    (It is always admissible to show that the defendant has attempted to destroy testimony tending to prove his own guilt.)
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George W. Cover, Plff. in Err.
v.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb 14, 1887.
Published opinion
8 A. 196
1887 Pa. LEXIS 556
Ooffroth, & Ruppel and Gutter, Minor, & Gore, for plaintiff in error., M. M. Cochran and A. D. Boyd, for the commonwealth.
Cited by 10 opinions  |  Published
Per Curiam :

The crime of perjury is sufficiently charged in the indictment. The evidence of which complaint is made was not to prove distinct offenses committed on a former trial for another crime or offense, but of certain acts committed by the defendant below, intended to thwart and prevent a conviction of the particular crime charged in this indictment. It was dearly admissible.

Judgment affirmed.