COM. v. FOY


394 Pa.Super. 442 (1990)

576 A.2d 366

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Dennis FOY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Shrager, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Sandra Preuhs, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for the Com., appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, BECK and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

This case presents the following question: where a defendant has been arrested and charged with committing a highly distinctive series of crimes, may the Commonwealth introduce evidence at trial that following the defendant's arrest, no further crimes of the type of which the defendant stands accused were reported? We find that under the circumstances of this case, evidence that no further crimes...

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