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Com. v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
Feb 25, 2009
989 A.2d 881 (Pa. 2009)

Opinion

No. 309 EAL 2009.

February 25, 2009.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 309 EAL 2009.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 970 A.2d 464.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 25th day of February, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED with respect to the following issues, rephrased for clarity:

(1) Whether Petitioner's conviction supported solely by out-of-court statements recanted at trial violates the guarantees of due process provided by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution?

(2) Whether codefendant Walker's statements exculpating Petitioner constituted "statements against interest" and thus were admissible under Pa.R.E. 804(b)(3)?


Summaries of

Com. v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
Feb 25, 2009
989 A.2d 881 (Pa. 2009)
Case details for

Com. v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Dwayne BROWN, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District

Date published: Feb 25, 2009

Citations

989 A.2d 881 (Pa. 2009)
989 A.2d 881