Commonwealth v. Werner

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary and possession of burglary tools. Appellant’s counsel also represented two others, both of whom were charged with the same offenses arising out of the same incident. They pleaded guilty before the time of appellant’s trial.

Before appellant’s trial began, the following appears of record:

“[The district attorney] : Your honor, [defense counsel] has indicated by his request for a bring down for the two co-defendants in this case that he is going to elicit their testimony in behalf of the defendant apparently to exonerate him of…