Commonwealth v. Carter

*234POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following appellant’s convictions for first degree murder,1 possession of an instrument crime,2 possession of a prohibited offensive weapon3 and criminal conspiracy.4

Appellant now raises the following questions for review:

1. Whether the trial court erred by admitting as substantive evidence the prior inconsistent statement contained in the preliminary hearing testimony of Shaw [sic] Bayne (“Ali”) where, inter alia, Ali did not testify and was therefore not subject to…