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COM. v. HICKS

No. 29 MAP 2013.

91 A.3d 47 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Charles Ray HICKS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer D. Christine Jr., Esq. , Michael Mancuso, Esq. , Bradley Andrew Schmidt, Esq. , Monroe County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Jason Allen LaBar, Esq. , Wieslaw T. Niemoczynski, Esq. , Monroe County Public Defender's Office, for Charles Ray Hicks.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

In this appeal, we consider Pa.R.E. 403 and 404(b). The trial court ruled pre-trial that certain Commonwealth witnesses identified pursuant to Rule 404 would be cumulative, rendering their testimony inadmissible under Rule 403. We conclude this was error, reverse the Superior Court's order, and remand to the trial court.

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