Court Opinion

ID: 9650751
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:50:54.227034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:24:33.082979
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Spaulding, J.:
I join in the dissenting opinion of Judge Hoffman. An opinion has been filed in our Court today in Commonwealth v. Trowery, 211 Pa. Superior Ct. 171, 235 A. 2d 1712, wherein we determine that a “rogues gallery” photograph may not be admitted at trial for purposes of identification when the effect may be to predispose the minds of jurors to believe the defendant guilty by virtue of previous police contact. The same reasoning would apply in the instant case where, during the trial, references were made in the presence of the jury to defendant’s arrest at his parole office. The subsequent admonition of the court to ignore the reference could hot possibly erase from the minds of the jurors the prejudice previously created.