Commonwealth v. Edmondson

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The sole issue before this Court in this criminal matter is whether the guilty verdicts rendered by the jury were the result of improper judicial coercion stemming from the trial court’s supplemental instruction to the jury. Since we find that this issue was not properly preserved for appeal due to appellee’s failure to lodge a timely objection to the trial court’s instruction, we reverse the order of the Superior Court.

The relevant facts are as follows: On April 8, 1993, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Erie County Police Officer Tom Eberlein was on patrol…