Commonwealth v. Chapman

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, on November 16, 1999, precluding the admission of certain evidence of prior bad acts, proffered by the Appellant, Commonwealth in the prosecution of Appellee, Tamira Marie Chapman. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for further proceedings.

¶2 Tragically, in the early morning hours of February 14, 1999, Chapman’s two-year-old daughter, Dominique Thomas, drowned in a bathtub. Chapman had left her child in the care of an acquaintance, Joseph Tice. 1 Following an investigation, Tice and Chapman…