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COMMONWEALTH v. YALE

No. 9 MAP 2020.

249 A.3d 1001 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Eric YALE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: April 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Michael Buttner, Esq. , Scranton, Steven M. Greenwald, Esq. , Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County Public Defender's Office, Jules Epstein, Esq. , Temple University Beasley School of Law, for Appellant.

James L. McMonagle, Esq. , Wilkes Barre, Stefanie Joy Salavantis, Esq. , Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

We granted discretionary review to clarify the appropriate standard for the admission of evidence of a third person's crimes, wrongs or other acts ("third person guilt") offered by a criminal defendant in an effort to raise a reasonable doubt that he was not the perpetrator of the crime charged...

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