Copley v. Commonwealth

Respectfully, I dissent.

The Majority Opinion is woefully short on the critical facts and precise legal issues involved. Thus, with apologies to the reader, this Dissent is extended by material which should be in the Majority Opinion.

I. REVERSIBLE ERROR IN ADMITTING EVIDENCE OF AN ALLEGED PREVIOUS UNCHARGED CRIMINAL ACT, AND DENYING APPROPRIATE REBUTTAL

When the appellant took the stand in his own defense, a part of his testimony was that he was a loving and concerned father, *753and he had gone to the shopping center parking lot, the scene of the shooting, on the night in question because he was…