Commonwealth v. Dowling

¶ 1 Appellant, Leroy Dowling, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered March 13, 2000. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by limiting cross-examination of a Commonwealth witness. We affirm.

¶ 2 The record reflects the following. At trial, the Commonwealth presented evidence from four eyewitnesses that on March 6, 1999, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Appellant fired five or six shots at an occupied SEPTA bus. Trial Court Opinion, 8/9/2000, at 2-5. At trial, Commonwealth witness Henry Dill engaged in the following exchange with Appellant’s trial counsel, Scott…