Commonwealth v. Thompson

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In the evening of August 14, 1991, Charles Jones witnessed a robbery taking place in the alley behind his Walnut Street home in Philadelphia. Stepping out onto his second-story porch, Mr. Jones noticed an old man lying face down in the alley, and a younger man standing over him, striking him with a piece of brick. Mr. Jones cried out, and the assailant looked up and fled. The victim turned out to be his 84-year-old, neighbor Morris Dailey. Mr. Jones’s wife called the police.

Mr. Jones gave a description of Mr. Dailey’s assailant to the police, and then went to the hospital to…