Commonwealth v. Novasak

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing the precursor rule to Pa.R.Crim.P. 573(B)(2)(a)(iv), Pa.R.Crim.P. 305(B)(2)(d); citation omitted
• “Once appellant place[s] his character in issue via his own direct testimony, the prosecution [is] entitled to exploit the opening on cross-examination and in closing. See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5918(1).”
• for discretionary discovery requests in general, the “proper focus of our analysis must concern whether appellant provided -6- J-A22014-17 the court of common pleas with enough factual data to justify granting the discovery request.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).