Dreyer v. Ellis

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “a nolo contendere plea has the same effect as a guilty plea for purposes of sentencing and is considered a conviction[.]”
• explaining that this Court applies an evidentiary abuse of discretion standard of review when ruling on a trial court’s decision to grant or deny a motion in limine
• stating that this Court may affirm a decision of the trial court if there is any basis on the record to support the trial court’s ruling, even if we rely on a different basis
• stating that if a trial court ruling excludes Commonwealth evidence and the Commonwealth has certified that the effect of the ruling is to substantially handicap its case, the appeal is properly before the Court
• finding Commonwealth could appeal the trial court’s denial of its motion in limine which resulted in the exclusion of prosecution evidence and had the effect of substantially handicapping the prosecution
• finding Commonwealth could appeal the trial court’s denial of its motion in limine which resulted in the exclusion of prosecution evidence and had the effect of substantially handicapping the prosecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).