Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Grimm

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1977No. 1520PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant makes four allegations of errors in this direct appeal: (1) the lower court should have granted a mistrial when the prosecutor elicited testimony from a police witness that appellant had stolen a keg of beer, (2) the court should have declared a mistrial when a police witness stated that he had heard that an intoxicated individual was causing a disturbance, (3) the court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to impeach one defense witness with evidence that he had been convicted of aggravated assault and another defense witness with his guilty plea to disorderly conduct,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kwong Hai Chew v. ColdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. RoseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. BraceySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. PittmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth v. MeoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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