COMMONWEALTH v. GRIFFIN


236 Pa.Super. 344 (1975)

Commonwealth v. Griffin, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Freedman, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Marion E. MacIntyre and Edwin W. Frese, Deputy District Attorneys, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY VAN DER VOORT, J., September 22, 1975:

The appellant, Sylvester Griffin, files this direct appeal (nunc pro tunc) following his conviction and sentencing on charges of rape. He raises two claims of error.

First, Griffin claims that reversible error occurred at his trial when a police officer testified he knew the defendant "professionally." He argues that such testimony imparted an impermissible...

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