COMMONWEALTH v. SOCCI


177 Pa.Super. 426 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Socci, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Landy, with him Norman Paul Wolken and Wolken & Landy, for appellant.

R. Carlyle Fee, Special Assistant District Attorney, with him J. Murray Buterbaugh, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, ROSS, GUNTHER and WRIGHT, JJ. (WOODSIDE and ERVIN, JJ., absent).


OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., January 14, 1955:

Defendant was tried and convicted of larceny. Sentence was imposed and motions for a new trial were refused by the court below. Defendant complains of the admission into evidence of his prior conviction of a felony and the manner of its introduction.

The defendant took the stand in his own behalf and denied any connection with the crime charged. For the purpose of impeaching his credibility the Commonwealth introduced...

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