COM. v. MEREDITH


493 Pa. 1 (1981)

425 A.2d 334

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Edwin C. MEREDITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Reiter, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div. Asst. Dist. Atty., Michelle Goldfarb, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

At issue on these appeals is whether appellant Edwin Meredith, while on trial before a jury for his alleged criminal involvement in the shooting death of one person and the beating of another, should have been permitted to establish that one of his witnesses, Geraldine Stetler, has been acquitted on charges arising out of the same incident. Unlike the trial court, we are satisfied that appellant validly sought to introduce evidence...

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