Court Opinion

ID: 9750370
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 14:54:39.374668+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:05.580397
License: Public Domain

KELLY, Judge,
concurring.
I agree that the prosecutor committed reversible error in referring to pre-trial testimony that was not introduced at trial to support argument during closing. However, for the reasons set forth in Commonwealth v. Willis, 380 Pa.Super. 555, 552 A.2d 682 (1988), I would not find that the trial court erred in allowing prior consonant statements of the *605child witness to be introduced to explain a reason for the child’s prior inconsistent statement, i.e., because the child feared appellant’s threats. Hence, I concur in the result.