Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/13/1990

Commonwealth v. Rollins

Citations

580 A.2d 744
525 Pa. 335
1990 Pa. LEXIS 168

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finding evidence of a shooting that occurred three days after a murder was admissible to establish defendant’s identity
matching cartridges from weapon fired at different times admissible to establish defendant’s identity although the gun was never recovered
although evidence that defendant had traded methamphetamine for cocaine with murder victim’s brother-in-law on occasions other than night of murder was admissible, trial court was required to issue appropriate limiting instruction to jury
defendant created a grave risk of harm to the sister and nephew of his intended victim who were in the same room when the defendant, firing wildly, shot the decedent, a stereo speaker and a lamp

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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