Unavailability of Witness • Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Exception • Prosecutorial Misconduct in Judge Assignment

Commonwealth v. Martin, PICS Case No. 16-1501 (C.P. Lycoming Nov. 2016) Lovecchio, J. (18 pages).

A witness’s prior recorded statements entered evidence where witness was deemed unavailable because, when he appeared under subpoena, he testified to not remembering the subject matter of the case.