Commonwealth v. Strong

¶ 1 Both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and James Lincoln Strong appeal the pretrial Orders entered in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, granting in part and denying in part the parties’ motions to preclude certain evidence at Strong’s retrial for the 1983 murder of John Strock.

¶ 2 The trial court summarized the relevant facts and procedural history underlying this appeal as follows:

This case involves the slaying of John Henry Strock on August 18, 1983 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The Defendant, James Lincoln Strong, was charged ... with the crimes of Criminal Homicide, 18…