Commonwealth v. Jackson

¶ 1 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the Order of the trial court, which granted Appellee Paul E. Jackson, Jr.’s (“Jackson”) Motion to compel discovery. We reverse the Order of the trial court.

¶ 2 The trial court summarized the facts underlying the instant appeal as follows:

On August 16, 2000, [Jackson] was charged with criminal homicide [and] murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possessing instruments of a crime. 1 [Jackson] was [preliminarily] arraigned on these charges on August 16, 2000. On September 6, 2000, during a telephone conversation with the assigned…