COM. v. BRADY


510 Pa. 123 (1986)

507 A.2d 66

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Anthony Edward BRADY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Sacavage, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Toddy, Mount Carmel, for appellant.

Christopher J. Foust, Milton, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

We granted the Commonwealth's petition for allowance of appeal to reconsider this Court's long-standing rule that prior inconsistent statements of a non-party witness at trial cannot be used as substantive evidence to prove the truth of the matters asserted therein but may only be used for the limited purpose of impeaching the credibility of the witness. We now discard this antiquated...

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