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COM. v. KJERSGAARD

276 Pa.Super. 368 (1980)

419 A.2d 502

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Robert KJERSGAARD, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nino V. Tinari, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before PRICE, GATES and DOWLING, JJ.

DOWLING, Judge:

Defendant's principle exception to the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction of rape1 and corruption of minors2 is the propriety of admitting evidence of a prior offense.

"It is black letter law that evidence of one crime is inadmissible against a defendant being tried for another crime because the fact of the commission of one offense is not proof of the commission...

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