| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. PAUL R. WEAKLEY COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. HUGO M. SELENSKI No. 1052 and 1054 MDA 2007 2009 PA Super 74 Atlantic: 972 A.2d 1182 Filed: 4/17/2009 | |
| Appeal from the Order entered May 17, 2007 In the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County Criminal at No(s): CP-40-CR-0002701-2006 and CP-40-CR-0002700-2006 | |
| Before: STEVENS, LALLY-GREEN, and FITZGERALD, JJ. | |
| Opinion by: STEVENS, J. | |
| Dissenting Opinion by: FITZGERALD, J. | |
| The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania files this consolidated appeal from the pre-trial order entered in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, which granted defense motions in limine by Appellees Paul R. Weakley (“Weakley”) and Hugo M. Selenski (“Selenski”) to exclude evidence of subsequent other crimes from admission at their criminal homicide trial. Because we find the other crime so distinctive in its manner of execution and so similar to the charged crime as to be admissible for the purpose of showing identity, we reverse. | |
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