Commonwealth v. Tyson

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, P.J.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the order entered in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas, which denied the Commonwealth’s motion in limine to introduce at trial Appellee Jermeel Omar Tyson’s prior conviction and granted Appellee’s corresponding motion in limine to exclude this evidence. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. On July 31, 2010, G.B. left work because she felt ill after donating plasma. G.B. asked Appel-lee, whom she knew casually, to bring her some…