Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/28/2014

Commonwealth v. Patterson

Citations

91 A.3d 55
625 Pa. 104
2014 WL 1669798
2014 Pa. LEXIS 1273

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stating that “[t]he admission of evidence of prior bad acts is solely within the discretion of the trial court, and the court’s decision will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion.”
noting that a witness’s veracity “may not be impeached by prior arrests which have not lead to convictions. Pa.R.E. 608(b) precludes the admission of specific instances of misconduct to attack a witness’[s] character for truthfulness while Pa.R.E. 609(a
accepting forensic pathologist opinion testimony to reasonable degree of medical certainty as to manner of death
defendant waived claim that death penalty was unconstitutional as applied to him
“The admission of evidence of prior bad acts is solely within the discretion of the trial court, and the court’s decision will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion”

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

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