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COM. v. BORDERS

522 Pa. 161 (1989)

560 A.2d 758

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Allen BORDERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Kaiser, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., JoAnn M. Verrier, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur in the instant matter to address the issue of whether Appellant should have been permitted to utilize the juvenile criminal records of a prosecution witness for the purpose of establishing possible bias or motive for his testimony. The trial court determined that the use contemplated by Appellant was improper and forbade its use. The Superior Court, in a memorandum opinion, affirmed

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