Commonwealth v. Walker, D. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DERRICK WALKER, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DERRICK WALKER, Petitioner COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. DERRICK WALKER, Petitioner : No. 432 EAL 2023 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 433 EAL 2023 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : No. 434 EAL 2023 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 16th day of April, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are: (1) Where this Court has previously split on the issue, what test should be employed in determining when ‘other act’ evidence satisfies the ‘common plan’ exception under Pa.R.E. 404(b); and under any of the possible tests approved by this Court, did the lower courts err by applying such a diluted standard that they improperly admitted prohibited propensity evidence under the guise of ‘common plan’? (2) Is the admission of a rape kit report by a forensic nurse after a forensic examination without any testimony by that nurse a violation of the Confrontation Clause and inadmissible hearsay? [432 EAL 2023, 433 EAL 2023 and 434 EAL 2023] - 2
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