Commonwealth v. Handfield

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County following Appellant’s conviction by a jury on the charges of first-degree murder, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502(a), and possessing instruments of crime, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 907(a). Appellant contends (1) the trial court erred in denying Appellant’s motion to dismiss on the basis the Commonwealth met its burden of proving it did not “use or derivatively use” Appellant’s immunized grand jury testimony, (2) the trial court erred in permitting defense witness Ataya Shabazz to testify on…