# Commonwealth v. Mitchell

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 19, 2006 · 588 Pa. 19

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9631271

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Wayne Cordell MITCHELL, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 19, 2006
- **Citations:** 588 Pa. 19; 902 A.2d 430; 2006 Pa. LEXIS 1286
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Eakin
- **Judges:** Cappy, Castille, Gro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Former, Nigro
- **Cited by:** 163 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that, in Commonwealth v. Wharton, 542 Pa. 83, 665 A.2d 458 (1995), this Court held “that the determining factor in whether convictions could be considered prior criminal convictions under Section 9711(e)(1) was whether the defendant had a particular conviction at th…
- affirming finding that Miranda waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, despite defendant’s psychotic conditions, where defendant presented no evidence at suppression hearing regarding his mental health, and police testified that defendant said he was in full control of…
- noting that administrative interpretations are entitled to deference as long as they are consistent with legislative intent
- stating that repeated use of a deadly weapon upon vital parts of victim’s body demonstrates a specific intent to kill beyond a reasonable doubt
- explaining that “an erroneous ruling by a trial court on an evidentiary issue does not require us to grant relief where the error is harmless”

## Opinion text

Justice EAKIN,
concurring.
I join the Majority Opinion and I join the concurring portion of Mr. Justice Castille’s Concurring and Dissenting Opinion.

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