Commonwealth v. Blady

LIPEZ, Judge:

In a jury trial, defendant was convicted of arson-endangering property, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3301(b)(1), risking catastrophe, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3302(b), and criminal mischief, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3304(a)(1). Post-verdict motions were filed and denied, and judgment of sentence entered. In this appeal from that *84judgment of sentence,1 we reverse and grant a new trial, because we agree with defendant’s contention that the court below erred in admitting testimony concerning an arson defendant committed in New Jersey in 1965 as substantive proof of the crimes charged in this trial.2

The charges in this…