Court Opinion

ID: 9757087
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 22:18:01.718711+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:34.693232
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MANDERINO, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The instant case is factually and legally indistinguishable from Commonwealth v. Groce, 452 Pa. 15, 303 A.2d 917 (1973). The jury in the instant case, just like the jury in Groce, could reasonably infer from the police officer’s testimony that appellant had a prior record of criminal conduct. The police officer in the instant case very plainly stated that he looked through police records in order to locate an address at which appellant might be apprehended. *102Moreover, the transcript of the instant case contains no mention of an “independent explanation” of the police possession of appellant’s address such as was found by a majority in Commonwealth v. McFadden, 464 Pa. 265, 346 A.2d 550 (1975).
I would therefore reverse the judgment of sentence and grant appellant a new trial.