Commonwealth v. McKeever

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the October 25, 1995 judgment of sentence for robbery 1 and criminal conspiracy. 2 Appellant, William P. McKeever, raises the following issues for our review:

I. WHEN APPELLANT WAS THE ONLY DEFENSE WITNESS, WAS IT PROPER TO ALLOW THE COMMONWEALTH TO ADMIT EVIDENCE OF APPELLANT’S JUVENILE ADJUDICATIONS FOR THEFT AND ROBBERY, ON THE PURPORTED BASIS THAT THESE REPRESENT CRIMEN FALSI CRIMES, AND SO DOING ON THE BASIS OF A NEW VAGUELY WORDED STATUTE, WHEN CASE LAW HAS HELD FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS THAT JUVENILE ADJUDICATIONS ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE AGAINST ANY…