Parker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant, DeShawn Parker, was convicted of one count of murder, two counts of criminal attempt to commit murder, second-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence, and was sentenced to an aggregate, concurrent 25 year term of imprisonment. On appeal he claims that his constitutional rights to a speedy trial were violated; that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for a mistrial following the playing of a rap CD by the Commonwealth in opening statement which was later not admitted; that the *807Commonwealth was erroneously…