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Commonwealth v. Coleman

Citations

  • 664 A.2d 1381
  • 445 Pa. Super. 199
  • 1995 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2903

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a PWID conviction is not inherently crimen falsi
  • first citing Commonwealth v. Correa, 620 A.2d 497 (Pa. Super. 1993); and then citing Commonwealth v. Candia, 428 A.2d 993 (Pa. Super. 1981)
  • “There is simply no basis in the record before us for concluding that in this case, the complaining witness’ prior criminal conviction was premised on conduct displaying dishonesty or false statement which would indicate the commission of crimen falsi”

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Judges: Kelly, Johnson, Cercone

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