Commonwealth v. Harris

Appellant Theodore Harris was convicted by a jury of burglary, theft, and receiving stolen property 1 in connection with a looting incident occurring shortly after the Johns-town flood in July, 1977. Concurrent sentences of two to four years imprisonment were imposed as to each count. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant contends the court erred in 1) failing to grant a defense motion to transcribe testimony from the first trial in this case, which ended in a mistrial; and 2) failing to allow counsel to inspect a police report. We have considered and rejected these identical arguments in an…