COM. v. MCCRACKEN


524 Pa. 332 (1990)

572 A.2d 2

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Terrence McCRACKEN, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. McDougall, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Dennis McAndrews, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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


ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Order affirmed.

NIX, C.J., files a dissenting opinion.

NIX, Chief Justice, dissenting.

Evidence of an admission by an alleged co-conspirator of his commission of the specific crime for which a defendant is charged is not merely cumulative of a general defense theory implicating the co-conspirator in other similar crimes. See Commonwealth v. Tervalon,

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