Commonwealth v. Walters

SPAETH, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property. 1 On this appeal he makes four arguments for reversal.

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Appellant argues that he was prejudiced by the prosecutor’s allusion in closing argument to appellant’s birth out of wedlock. The remark itself is not preserved of record. However, the debate on its propriety is, and from this one may see that it was not totally gratuitous but could have been meant to clarify appellant’s relationship to one Harry Paul Briner, described in testimony as appellant’s brother, who delivered the stolen goods to appellant’s home. Moreover, the…