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COM. v. FRENCH

531 Pa. 42 (1992)

611 A.2d 175

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Kathleen FRENCH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy Dist. Atty., Catherine Marshall, Chief, Appeals Div., George S. Leone, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Stuart B. Lev, Philadelphia, for cross-appellant.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

At issue in these cross-appeals by allowance is whether the use of force against an arresting officer is ever justified, an issue of first impression in this Court; and whether a new trial is required on grounds that appellee was not permitted to examine pre-trial statements by certain of the Commonwealth's witnesses.

On October 17, 1987, police officer John Welsh was...

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