Commonwealth v. Zimmerman

EBY, J.,

— This case comes before the court on defendant, Christen S. Zimmerman’s, post-verdict motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of delivering cocaine and possessing drug paraphernalia. Defendant has not challenged the conviction for possessing drug paraphernalia, but has raised several issues contesting the delivery conviction. Finding defendant’s objections to the jury charge on prior convictions meritorious, we shall overturn the conviction and grant defendant a new trial.

On September 9, 1988, Randy Kirk Wenrich, acting as an…