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COM. v. HILL

523 Pa. 270 (1989)

566 A.2d 252

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jeffrey D. HILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Thorne, Williamsport, for appellant.

Kenneth A. Osokow, Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We allowed appeal in this matter to determine the propriety of permitting a defendant to cross-examine a prosecution witness as to his prior guilty plea for which sentence has yet to be imposed. The purpose of such questioning is to attempt to establish a possible prosecution bias in the witness due to the pendancy of sentence and the implied control the Commonwealth might exercise over...

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