Commonwealth v. Brady

510 Pa. 123 (1986)

507 A.2d 66

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

Anthony Edward BRADY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 3, 1985.

Decided March 26, 1986.

Robert B. Sacavage, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Toddy, Mount Carmel, for appellant.

Christopher J. Foust, Milton, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

We granted the Commonwealth's petition for allowance of appeal to reconsider this Court's long-standing rule that prior inconsistent statements of a non-party witness at…