context: . The injection of parole is more serious and plainly prejudicial if the prosecutor also speculates as to what a defendant might do if released from jail.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 420 Pa. 198, 208-09
citation_a.parenthetical: improper remark where prosecutor specifically mentioned eligibility for parole and that defendant could commit crime if released
citation_a.sentence: Commonwealth v. Clayton, 516 Pa. 263, 284, 532 A.2d 385, 396-97 (1987) (not improper statement by prosecutor since it did not refer to what defendant would do if released and reference to parole was in response to argument made by defendant's counsel at closing); See also Commonwealth v. Hall, 523 Pa. 75, 90-91, 565 A.2d 144, 152 (1989) (prosecutor remark "give him life, so he can get paroled one day and kill somebody else ...” was improper); Commonwealth v. Floyd, 506 Pa. 85, 484 A.2d 365 (1984) (improper remark by prosecutor since he explicitly referred to possible parole and that Floyd would kill again if released since he was a "predator”); Commonwealth v. Aljoe, 420 Pa. 198, 208-09, 216 A.2d 50, 55-56 (1966) (improper remark where prosecutor specifically mentioned eligibility for parole and that defendant could commit crime if released). However, the prosecutor made no such remarks in this case.
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 532 A.2d 385, 396-97
citation_b.parenthetical: not improper statement by prosecutor since it did not refer to what defendant would do if released and reference to parole was in response to argument made by defendant's counsel at closing
citation_b.sentence: Commonwealth v. Clayton, 516 Pa. 263, 284, 532 A.2d 385, 396-97 (1987) (not improper statement by prosecutor since it did not refer to what defendant would do if released and reference to parole was in response to argument made by defendant's counsel at closing); See also Commonwealth v. Hall, 523 Pa. 75, 90-91, 565 A.2d 144, 152 (1989) (prosecutor remark "give him life, so he can get paroled one day and kill somebody else ...” was improper); Commonwealth v. Floyd, 506 Pa. 85, 484 A.2d 365 (1984) (improper remark by prosecutor since he explicitly referred to possible parole and that Floyd would kill again if released since he was a "predator”); Commonwealth v. Aljoe, 420 Pa. 198, 208-09, 216 A.2d 50, 55-56 (1966) (improper remark where prosecutor specifically mentioned eligibility for parole and that defendant could commit crime if released). However, the prosecutor made no such remarks in this case.