Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Howard ALBRIGHT, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1988-10-20
Citations: 519 Pa. 346
Docket Number: Appeal No. 30 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1988
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Howard ALBRIGHT, Appellant.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 519
Pages: 346–347

Head Matter:
548 A.2d 546
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Howard ALBRIGHT, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 30, 1988.
Decided Oct. 20, 1988.
Kenneth R. Sottile, Spangler, for appellant.
Timothy P. Creany, Dist. Atty., Theresa Homady, Asst. Dist. Atty., Ebensburg, for appellee.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Order of Superior Court reversed, on the ground that the appellant's right of cross-examination was violated. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Brown, 490 Pa. 560, 417 A.2d 181 (1980); Commonwealth v. Dawson, 486 Pa. 321, 405 A.2d 1230 (1979); Commonwealth v. Sullivan, 485 Pa. 392, 402 A.2d 1019 (1979); Commonwealth v. Hamm, 474 Pa. 487, 378 A.2d 1219 (1977); Commonwealth v. Ravenell, 448 Pa. 162, 292 A.2d 365 (1972); Commonwealth v. Cheatham, 429 Pa. 198, 239 A.2d 293 (1968); Commonwealth v. Updegrove, 413 Pa. 599, 198 A.2d 534 (1964); see also Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974).
PAPADAKOS, J., dissents.