Case ID: pa_624/html/0505-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

86 A.3d 831
    COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jacob Matthew CHRISTINE, Petitioner.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Feb. 25, 2014.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 25th day of February, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues are:

(1) Is a conviction for assault, which occurs subsequent to the incident at issue in a criminal trial, admissible to prove the allegedly violent propensities of the victim, where self-defense is asserted and where there is an issue raised as to who was the aggressor?
(2) Did the [t]rial [c]ourt commit error of law or abuse its discretion when it permitted the Commonwealth to admit a “shank” as physical evidence, as well as testimony regarding said shank, in the course of the jury trial in the instant matter?