COMMONWEALTH v. SMALL

No. 63 MAP 2017.

189 A.3d 961 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Eric Eugene SMALL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaitlyn Sherry Clarkson , The McShane Firm, LLC, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellant.

Ryan Hunter Lysaght , Francis T. Chardo, III , Dauphin County District Attorney's Office, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this discretionary appeal, we consider the meaning of "merely corroborative or cumulative evidence" in the context of determining whether a new trial is warranted based on after-discovered evidence.

I. Background

In the early morning hours of March 7, 2011, William...

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