Commonwealth v. Lockcuff

BECK, J.:

¶ 1 In this Commonwealth appeal challenging the trial court’s order granting defendant/appellee’s pretrial motion to preclude evidence, we examine Pennsylvania Rule of Evidence 404(b), specifically, the identity exception of the Rule.1 After *859careful consideration of the facts and relevant law, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

¶ 2 This case concerns defendant/appel-lee Dennis Lockcuff, who was charged with arson2 and related offenses3 in the fall of 1999. At that time, Lockcuff owned a commercial property in South Williams-port. The building housed a diner on the first…