Commonwealth v. Copeland

BECK, J.:

The Commonwealth challenges the trial court’s order precluding the testimony of three prosecution witnesses whose criminal history records the Commonwealth refused to provide. We affirm.

Martin Copeland was accused by the proprietors of a video store of fading to return a videotape. The storeowners, David and Edwin Hess, filed a private criminal complaint for theft of leased property. While the theft charge was pending, Copeland allegedly began to engage in a pattern of harassment and threats against the Hess brothers. They claimed that Copeland’s unlawful conduct took place over a…