Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hernandez

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 19, 2004PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 Claudio Hernandez challenges his judgment of sentence for one count each of Delivery of Heroin and Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, see 35 Pa.C.S. § 780-113(a)(30), for which he was sentenced to two consecutive terms of two to six years’ incarceration. Hernandez contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it permitted the prosecutor to question him concerning two prior *648convictions for possession with intent to deliver heroin. We find that Hernandez’s own unsolicited testimony that he had never sold drugs constituted an assertion of good…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. RootsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. O'BrienSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. BraceySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. TrignaniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HylandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. CrosleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. of Pa. v. MurphySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Com. v. Bullock, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

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