King v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BARROW, J.

In this appeal, we distinguish between the admissibility of a criminal defendant’s extra-judicial statement when offered by the defendant and such a statement when offered by the prosecution. When offered by the defendant, his extra-judicial statements constitute inadmissible hearsay unless excepted from this prohibition as prior consistent statements; when offered by the prosecution, such statements are admissible as party admissions.

The defendant appeals a conviction of first degree murder for having shot and killed the brother of a woman whom he had dated for ten years but…