COM. v. DEANS


530 Pa. 514 (1992)

610 A.2d 32

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Lewis DEANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued October 21, 1991.

Decided May 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Peter Rosalsky, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Mary Benefield Seiverling, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Karen Grigsby, amicus curiae, Philadelphia Dist. Atty.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court which reversed the trial court order prohibiting expert opinion testimony as to the alleged forgery of a lottery ticket which the Commonwealth lost before trial. The question is whether appellant's due process rights under the federal Constitution require the exclusion of opinion testimony by the prosecution expert as to tests he performed prior to the loss of the...

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