Commonwealth v. Cobb

JACOBS, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed following appellant’s conviction of robbery 1 and simple assault. 2 Appellant contends, inter alia, that the trial court erred in permitting the Commonwealth to introduce appellant’s prior convictions for impeachment purposes. 3 We agree and reverse.

The incident giving rise to the charges took place in Harrisburg on December 30, 1974. At that time an undercover narcotics agent, Frank Brinser, was driving around Harrisburg attempting to make buys of controlled substances. Outside of the “Three Lucky Dots” bar, a…