Commonwealth v. Treadwell

OPINION BY

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Stanley Maurice Tread-well, Jr., appeals from the order entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, dismissing his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA). 1 We hold that probation does not qualify as confinement under Pennsylvania Rule of Evidence 609. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court aptly summarizes the pertinent facts of this case as follows:

This case involved the fatal shooting of the victim, Dumeir Walker, a known drug dealer, on the street outside of a shop, while he was accompanied by his two children and…