COM. v. BOYER


891 A.2d 1265 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Jay Michael BOYER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Rymsza, for Jay Michael Boyer, Jr.

David Peter Johnson, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

We allowed appeal to consider whether a trial court's failure to issue a cautionary instruction upon the admission of evidence of a co-conspirator's guilty plea during a jury trial constitutes reversible error.

In the early morning hours of August 31, 2001, Appellant and two other men forcefully entered the residence of an elderly couple. The three perpetrators, one of whom was armed with a pellet gun, threatened to...

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