COM. v. EWELL


318 Pa.Super. 397 (1983)

465 A.2d 13

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Calvin Earle EWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Pyfer, Jr., Lancaster, for appellant.

Edward F. Browne, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Lancaster, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ROWLEY, WIEAND and POPOVICH, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

If, during a jury trial on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol, the prosecuting attorney deliberately elicits from a Commonwealth witness an extrajudicial statement attributed to the defendant "that he had an incident before for drunken driving," can the prejudice be removed by an instruction from the court that the statement can be used to show the defendant's state of mind or the state of his condition but that, in fact, "[t]here...

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