# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · February 25, 2009 · 605 Pa. 320

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/1995952

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent, v. Dwayne BROWN, Petitioner
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** February 25, 2009
- **Citations:** 605 Pa. 320; 989 A.2d 881
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 25th day of February, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED with respect to the following issues, rephrased for clarity:
(1) Whether Petitioner’s conviction supported solely by out-of-court statements recanted at trial violates the guarantees of due process provided by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution?
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(2) Whether codefendant Walker’s statements exculpating Petitioner constituted “statements against interest” and thus were admissible under Pa.R.E. 804(b)(3)?

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