COM. v. FOY


531 Pa. 322 (1992)

612 A.2d 1349

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Dennis FOY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Shrager, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Andrew F. Schneider, Langhorne, for amicus curiae, Pennsylvania Crim. Defense Lawyers.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kemal A. Mericli, Sandra Preuhs, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur to consider as a question of first impression whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence testimony that following the Appellant's arrest, no further crimes of the type that the Appellant was accused of were reported. We find that the admission of such evidence was error; however, the error in the case sub judice was harmless.

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