Court Opinion

ID: 9746261
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:10:11.309437+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:11.300328
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BECK, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result. Unlike the majority, I would find that appellant has not established prejudice with respect to the admission of his prior criminal activity. In light of the fact that appellant was positively identified by one of the victims at trial and also confessed to the crime, I cannot conclude that admission of the previous assault served to “undermine the truth-determining process.” This is particularly true, I believe, since the jury was entitled to know about appellant’s other criminal convictions, including one for robbery.
However, I agree with the majority that the record in this ease unfortunately provides no basis upon which we can conclude that the trial court made an “express determination” that appellant’s double jeopardy claim was frivolous. See Commonwealth v. Gains, 383 Pa.Super. 208, 556 A.2d 870 (1989). Based on Gains, the trial court was without jurisdiction to proceed to trial.