Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2009

Commonwealth v. Brown

Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided February 25, 2009 · Per Curiam
989 A.2d 881; 605 Pa. 320 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Commonwealth v. Brown

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 25th day of February, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED with respect to the following issues, rephrased for clarity:

(1) Whether Petitioner’s conviction supported solely by out-of-court statements recanted at trial violates the guarantees of due process provided by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution?
*321 (2) Whether codefendant Walker’s statements exculpating Petitioner constituted “statements against interest” and thus were admissible under Pa.R.E. 804(b)(3)?

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