Commonwealth v. Allen

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal, by allowance, from the order of the Superior Court, 289 Pa.Super. 593, 429 A.2d 82, which affirmed the judgments of sentence 1 imposed upon appellant by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia sitting without a jury. Appellant alleges four grounds upon which he claims warrant a new trial.

Appellant claims the trial court erred in permitting a defense witness, Allen Page, to be excused from testifying because of the witness’ assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege. In this context, appellant alleges that the trial court should not have excused the…