Commonwealth v. Akrie

OPINION BY

OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Lawrence David Akrie, IV, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on September 16, 2015, as made final by the' denial of his post-sentence motion on January 12, 2016. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the specifics of the alleged excessive force used by a police officer in this case and the results of the subsequent investigation. We further hold that the exclusion of this evidence did not violate Appellant’s Confrontation Clause rights. As we also conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in…