Commonwealth v. Brosnick

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the memorandum opinion and per curiam order of the Superior Court affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County which denied Albert Brosnick’s (Appellant’s) Motion For New Trial. The only question presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant a new trial based upon alleged after-discovered evidence. The factual and procedural history which gave rise to Appellant’s request for a new trial can be summarized as follows.

On January 26, 1986, the Pennsylvania State Police…