COMMONWEALTH v. WALLACE


500 Pa. 270 (1983)

455 A.2d 1187

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. William WALLACE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Vreeland, Washington (court-appointed), for appellant.

Herman J. Bigi, Dist. Atty., Daniel L. Chunko, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Washington, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the district attorney's failure to correct certain false testimony rendered by the chief witness for the Commonwealth and failure to provide defense counsel with that witness' complete criminal background and record upon request has deprived appellant of his right to a fair trial. We answer in the affirmative and grant appellant a new trial.

On August 17, 1979, at approximately...

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