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Rule 600 motions. Oftentimes, just making it plain
to the Commonwealth that you intend to seriously
Discuss
this waiver
with your
client
the same
* Request
discovery
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in writing.
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motions.
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repeated
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pressure
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Jeopardy
in theitaCourt
Room:
discovery,
any required
continuance
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discharge,
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potent
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changes in posture by the interviewer or continued to the Commonwealth
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the
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The
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Commonwealth
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or hand
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the prosecution.
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follow-up
with
the
1
Commonwealth
v.
Mills,
162
A.3d
323
(Pa.
2017).
be overlooked.
Kenniston,
A.
Russell,
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Stewart
and
V.
Vaugh-Eden.
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Commonwealth
about discovery
they
have
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U.S. ConSt. Amend. VI; PA. CONST. art. 1, § 9.
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If conclusion,
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childissexual
abuse
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and
Children
Forensic Interview: Best Practice, Office of
3
Commonwealth v. DeBlase, 665 A.2d 427, 431 (Pa. 1995).
hand over,
be
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to
memorialize
such
requests
in
Commonwealth's
failure
of diligence,
be sure to NOTES:
court
cases are rife with
possibilities
for witnesses
Juvenile
Justice
and
Delinquency
Juvenile
4
Barker v. Wingo,
407
U.S. 514, 530Prevention's
(1972) (articulating
the
a writing
as
an
email.
to put
besuch
influenced
by
authorities,
interviewers,
family
Justice
Bulletin,
September
(2015).
that on the record at the time the continuance1 Commonwealth
v. Mills,
162 Commonwealth
A.3d 323 (Pa. 2017).
constitutional
test);
v. Preston, 904 A.2d
6
members
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CONST.
art.
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§ 9.
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(Pa..and
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2006)
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test is of
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Commonwealth
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665
A.2d
427,
431
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1995).
separate
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Rule
600
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needs
to be
your favor,failure
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at least preserved
the issue for
Commonwealth's
of diligence,
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recorded sessions,
investigative
interviewers
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(1999).
v.raised
Wingo,
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separately).
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Preston,
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Rule
600(2)(a);
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Commonwealth
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and
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2006)
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ishan
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