Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Richard A. Brown appeals from the judgment of sentence of eight to sixteen years imprisonment entered by the trial court after his convictions for violating 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(14), relating to his prescription of drugs to six patients between June 1, 2002 and June 30, 2004 while he was a licensed practicing physician. Finding that the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of evidence of bad acts occurring in and before 1984 under the common law res gestae exception, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Following a grand jury investigation, the Commonwealth…