COM. v. MORGAN


739 A.2d 1033 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Wesley MORGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Paul Dawson, Adamsburg, for Wesley Morgan.

John Peck, Wayne B. Gongaware, Greensburg, for Com.

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


OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this case to determine whether the trial court erred in ruling that the Commonwealth would be allowed to cross-examine defense character witnesses about their knowledge of allegations that Appellant Wesley Morgan had molested other children in the 1970s. For the reasons discussed below, we find that the trial court erred and accordingly, reverse.

On March 17, 1994, Appellant was charged with...

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