Brown v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This is an appeal of a conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin which raises these issues: (1) was a conviction order of a co-conspirator admissible, (2) did the trial judge’s conduct render the trial unfair, (3) was the evidence sufficient to sustain the allegations contained in the indictment, (4) was the Commonwealth’s rebuttal evidence admissible to show a defense witness’s bias, and (5) was the evidence describing the method of distributing and using heroin admissible. We conclude that the conviction order of the co-conspirator was inadmissible and that the trial…