Commonwealth v. Checca

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• appellant offered no evidence that witness was agent of law enforcement authorities, and, therefore, cross-examination regarding this matter was impermissible
• “A witness’ credibility cannot be attacked on the basis of prior conduct which is unrelated to the issues at the present trial.”
• surveillance conducted with the consent of a party to the conversation is not subject to the exacting standards of authorization required for non-consensual surveillance under the Wiretap Act
• “A witness' credibility cannot be attacked on the basis of prior conduct which is unrelated to the issues at the present trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).