Abuse of a Corpse • Failure to Notify Authorities • “Outrage Ordinary Family Sensibilities” • Color Photographs

Commonwealth v. Hutchison, PICS Case No. 17-0883 (Pa. Super. May 22, 2017) Olson, J. (15 pages).

Trial court did not err in overruling appellant’s objection to the prosecution’s opening statement, in appellant’s trial for abuse of a corpse, because the statement did not invite the jury to step into the shoes of the deceased’s family, the trial court properly admitted color photographs of the body since they were relevant, not inflammatory and critical and appellant waived his discretionary aspects of sentencing claim. Affirmed.

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