Commonwealth v. Scott

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Superior Court affirming the conviction of Kenneth Scott (appellant) of voluntary manslaughter. We granted allocatur to consider whether the trial court erred in permitting the appellant’s wife to testify against him.

On July 4, 1981, Kenneth Scott went to the Harrisburg home of his estranged wife, Linda, to take their children on an outing. While there, the appellant encountered his wife’s live-in boyfriend, Allen Thomas. Words were exchanged between the two men concerning whether Scott had knocked on the door…