Criminal Prosecution • Prior Bad Acts • Rebuttal Testimony • Fair Trial
Commonwealth v. Yocolano, PICS Case No. 17-1293 (Pa. Super. Aug. 14, 2017) Olson, J. (30 pages).
The trial court’s erroneous evidentiary rules, including its decision to bar defendant from offering testimony to rebut the Commonwealth’s evidence of prior bad acts, were significant and deprived defendant of a fair trial. The court reversed and remanded for a new trial.
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