Court Opinion

ID: 9639056
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 16:03:19.610013+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:43:57.548091
License: Public Domain

Justice NIGRO,
concurring.
I write separately merely to note that I am not convinced that the trial court’s instruction to the jury regarding the limited purposes of the testimony concerning Appellant’s possession of a sawed-off shot gun “negated” the prejudice suffered by Appellant from this testimony, which undoubtedly placed him in a bad light. See Majority Slip Op. at 10-11; see also, e.g., Commonwealth v. Richardson, 496 Pa. 521, 437 A.2d 1162, 1166 (stating that certain clearly prejudicial testimony cannot be cured by instructions) (Nix, J., dissenting); id. (same) (Roberts, J., dissenting). Nevertheless, I agree with the majority that any error in admitting this evidence was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of Appellant’s guilt, including, most predominantly, his own confession.