First-Degree Murder • Evidence of Prior Bad Acts • Proof of Common Scheme, Identity, and/or Lack of Accident

Commonwealth v. Hicks, PICS Case No. 17-0495 (Pa. March 28, 2017) Dougherty, J.; Donohue, J., dissenting. (72 pages).

Trial court did not abuse discretion in admitting evidence of appellant’s other crimes or bad acts where witnesses’ testimony shared highly similar circumstances and characteristics with the evidence of the victim’s death. Judgment of sentence affirmed.