Commonwealth v. Douglas

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal nunc pro tunc from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following Appellant’s conviction by a jury of causing and risking a catastrophe.1 Herein, Appellant contends that the trial court erred in excluding psychiatric expert testimony on the “Battered Woman Syndrome” and the defense of duress. We find the issues to be waived, and, therefore, we affirm the judgment of sentence.

¶ 2 Following an arson fire that occurred on June 2, 1999, at the home of Margaret Bridges, Appellant and co-defendants Joyce…