Court Opinion

ID: 9650203
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:26:55.574589+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:18.913078
License: Public Domain

MANDERINO, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. As I have previously written in Commonwealth v. Duncan, 473 Pa. 62, 373 A.2d 1051 (1977) (dissenting opinion of Manderino, J.) and Commonwealth v. Velasquez, 449 Pa. 599, 296 A.2d 768 (1972) (dissenting opinion of Manderino, J.), the use of the transcript of a witness’s testimony at a preliminary hearing cannot be introduced at trial without violating the accused’s constitutional rights. The petition for review should be granted.