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Commonwealth v. Gray

Citations

  • 478 A.2d 822
  • 329 Pa. Super. 347
  • 1984 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4885

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  • witness may be impeached by showing prior conviction only if crime involved dishonesty or false statement; burglary is such a crime
  • see notes of testimony, 5/5/04 at 6-7; appellant’s brief at 66
  • burglary is a crime involving dishonesty or false statement
  • where amendment of information at close of Commonwealth’s case charging defendant with criminal trespass changed grade of offense from F-3 to higher grade of F-2, and subjected him to more severe penalty, amendment was improper because it prejudiced defendant as it changed elements of crime

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Judges: Spaeth, P.J., and Cirillo and Johnson

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