Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 2014PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

DONOHUE, J.:

Appellant, Curtis Allee Williams, Jr. (‘Williams”) appeals from the trial court’s May 16, 2011 judgment of sentence imposing 5 to 10 years of incarceration for aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. Williams argues that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the blood alcohol content (“BAC”) of the victim, Harrison Purdy (“Purdy”), a witness at trial. Because Purdy was intoxicated during his encounter with Williams, and because Purdy gave a testimonial account of that encounter at trial, we conclude that the trial court misapplied the law…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. GlassSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. DrewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

3Cited by23 opinions

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  2. Com. v. Brisbon, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Com. v. Brown, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Com. v. Brown, V.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Delvalle, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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