COM. v. BELANI

No. 943 EDA 2013, No. 957 EDA 2013

101 A.3d 1156 (2014)

2014 PA Super 211

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Jack BELANI, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Wenjue Liu, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 25, 2014.

Reargument Denied November 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Carr , Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Carson B. Morris , Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: SHOGAN, STABILE and PLATT, JJ.


OPINION BY SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the orders entered on March 1, 2013, precluding the admission of DNA evidence at the trials of Appellees, Jack Belani and Wenjue Liu.1 We are constrained to reverse.

The Commonwealth assails the trial court's orders excluding DNA evidence that would tie Appellees to a robbery during which Appellee Liu shot...

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