Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Reese

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 4, 2011PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellant, Randy Reese, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, following his conviction for first degree murder. In pursuit of a new trial, Appellant challenges four of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings. We hold that Appellant’s claims do not merit the new trial he requests. Accordingly, we affirm.

This case involves the following relevant facts and procedural history. On Sunday, February 20, 2005, around 3:45 P.M., Martha Medili reported to police that she had discovered John Lewis dead in his apartment bedroom.…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. HylandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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