Commonwealth v. Pitts

HUDOCK, J.:

¶ 1 In this appeal the Commonwealth asserts the trial court erred in granting Appellee’s motion to suppress his verbal statements given to the police and in denying the Commonwealth’s motion in limine seeking to preclude Appellee from offering psychiatric evidence to support a claim of self-defense to a charge of attempted murder and related charges.1 We affirm.

¶ 2 The standard of review employed by an appellate court when reviewing the grant of a suppression motion has been summarized by our Supreme Court:

We begin by noting that where a motion to suppress has been filed, the…