Commonwealth v. Shands

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is a direct appeal by Anthony Shands from a judgment of sentence imposing IIV2 to 23 months imprisonment following his conviction by a jury on charges of Robbery, Theft, Receiving Stolen Property and Criminal Conspiracy. We have concluded that the trial court erred in restricting appellant’s cross-examination of the prosecuting police officers and in failing to require the Commonwealth to make available for inspection the district attorney’s files concerning his investigation of the officers. Therefore, we reverse.

The facts as recited by the trial court…