COMMONWEALTH v. LYNN

No. 1298 EDA 2017.

192 A.3d 165 (2018)

2018 Pa Super 190

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. William J. LYNN.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 28, 2018.

Reargument Denied August 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony V. Pomeranz , Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

David A. Schumacher , Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: PANELLA, J., LAZARUS, J., and STRASSBURGER, J.


Rule 404 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence prohibits the use of "a crime, wrong, or other act ... to prove a person's character in order to show that on a particular occasion the person acted in accordance with the character." Pa.R.E. 404(b)(1). After finding the admission of twenty-one instances of "other-acts" evidence...

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