Commonwealth v. McKenna

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a jury of conspiracy and blackmail. After his motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied, sentence was imposed. This appeal followed.

Appellant contends that a new trial should be granted on the basis of four alleged trial errors. We shall consider them in the order presented.

First, appellant argues that the trial court erred in permitting the Commonwealth to introduce evidence which disclosed to the jury that he had a prior criminal record even though he did not testify. The Commonwealth’s second witness, George Newsome, who…