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COM. v. WILLIAMS

524 Pa. 404 (1990)

573 A.2d 536

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Donald WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, Hugh Burns, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether it is harmless error to permit a witness to be cross-examined with respect to prior convictions for offenses not involving dishonesty or false statement.

Appellant, Donald Williams, was arrested on January 30, 1984, and charged with robbery and possession of an instrument of crime. He was tried before a jury in the Court of Common...

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