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Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1978

Commonwealth v. Harris

Commonwealth v. Harris
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided May 16, 1978 · Cercone, Consideration, Former, Hoffman, Jacobs, Price, Spaeth, Voort, Watkins
255 Pa. Super. 245; 386 A.2d 600; 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2885

Commonwealth v. Harris

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

The six Judges who decided this case being equally divided, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

JACOBS, President Judge, and SPAETH, J., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

HOFFMAN, J.,

dissents because the Commonwealth improperly used prior convictions to attack appellant’s credibility. See Commonwealth v. Moore, 246 Pa.Super. 163, 369 A.2d 862 (1977).

WATKINS, former President Judge, did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

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