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COM. v. SIMMON

521 Pa. 218 (1989)

555 A.2d 860

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Grace SIMMON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div. and Karl Baker, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., and JoAnn Verrier, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Appellant Grace Simmon was denied her right under the Confrontation Clause to inspect and use complainant's juvenile record for cross-examination purposes.1 Because Appellant's counsel was denied access to the principal Commonwealth witness's juvenile record after claiming the existence of bias and motive based on the witness's probationary status, we reverse...

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