COM. v. YORK


337 Pa.Super. 105 (1984)

486 A.2d 502

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Charles YORK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Ungerman, Erie, for appellant.

Shad Connelly, Assistant District Attorney, Erie, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, President Judge, and BROSKY and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In this case, appellant Charles York appeals the lower court's denial of his motion for new trial and arrest of judgment. The issue argued below and presented here is whether the prosecution's question and a witness's answer about a lie detector test warrant a new trial. We hold that the question and answer were inadmissible and incurably prejudicial and vacate the judgment of sentence.

Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder, robbery...

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