Commonwealth v. Pyett

CERCONE, Judge:

After a trial by jury appellant, Deanndria Pyett, was convicted of third degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime. Timely post-trial motions were filed and denied by the court following a hearing. Appellant was sentenced to ten (10) to twenty-five (25) years incarceration. This appeal from the judgment of sentence followed.

Appellant raises two issues for our review: whether the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine appellant with inculpatory statements allegedly made to the police by a person who was neither present nor testified at trial,…