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COMMONWEALTH v. FITZPATRICK

No. 6 MAP 2020.

255 A.3d 452 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Joseph Bernard FITZPATRICK, III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 23, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules Epstein , Philadelphia, Christopher A. Ferro, Esqs. , for Appellant.

Stephanie Elizabeth Lombardo , David Winslow Sunday , James Edward Zamkotowicz, Esqs. , York County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

Because hearsay is presumptively unreliable and unworthy of belief, it generally is barred from admission in courts of law.1 But not every extra-judicial statement that later is repeated inside of a courtroom constitutes inadmissible hearsay. In light of the varied...

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