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COMMONWEALTH v. DIXON

No. 30 WAP 2020.

255 A.3d 1258 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Duwayne A. DIXON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 6, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Rosalsky, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Jacob Christian McCrea, Esq. , for Appellant Duwayne A. Dixon, Jr.

Kevin Francis McCarthy, Esq. , Michael Wayne Streily, Esq. , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

OPINION

In this matter the trial court instructed the jury, prior to deliberations, that one of the prerequisites necessary to establish the crime of witness intimidation as a first-degree felony had been fulfilled. We allowed appeal to consider whether that instruction violated the defendant's right to a jury trial...

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