Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Kennedy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 6, 2016No. 680 EDA 2015PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Unique S. Kennedy, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on February 20, 2015. In this case, we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting lay opinion testimony •from a crime scene investigator regarding bullet trajectory. After careful consideration, we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the lay opinion testimony. We also clarify the interaction between Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence 404(a)(2)(A) (defense introduction of evidence of a pertinent character trait) and 608(a) (admission of evidence…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Hathaway v. BazanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Commonwealth v. PuksarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HutchisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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  4. Com. v. Harper, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Collins v. HarryDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2024

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