COM. v. GARCIA


551 Pa. 616 (1998)

712 A.2d 746

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Manuel GARCIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Karl for Manuel Garcia.

Joseph C. Madenspacher, Dist. Atty., Susan E. Moyer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mary E. McDaniel, San Francisco, CA, for Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The issues presented in this appeal are: (1) whether the trial court improperly permitted the Commonwealth, over appellant's objection, to cross-examine him about his prior criminal record; (2) whether appellant was improperly precluded from cross-examining a prosecution witness as to whether he was permitted to plead guilty to a reduced criminal charge in return for testifying against appellant; (3) whether...

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