Commonwealth v. Cragle

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence for receiving stolen property. 1 Generally stated, the issue is whether evidence of prior criminal activity not resulting in conviction is admissible to impeach a witness. Appellant argues that the trial judge erred 1) in refusing to permit cross-examination intended to show that the witness had engaged in prior criminal activity for which he had not been convicted, and 2) in refusing to permit another witness to testify to such prior criminal activity. 2

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During cross-examination of Commonwealth witness John Kline, defense counsel…