Commonwealth v. Jennings

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Appellant, in separate jury trials, was twice found guilty of theft by unlawful taking. Post-trial motions were filed and denied. He consolidates issues for this appeal, raising three questions:

1. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in allowing the introduction of prior crimes evidence to impeach the Appellant’s credibility?

2. Was counsel ineffective in not requesting curative instructions when the prosecutor stated in summation that Appellant had lied?

3. Was trial counsel ineffective where he failed to request a poll of the jury prior to the recording of the verdict?

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