# Commonwealth v. Williams

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · April 24, 1981 · 286 Pa. Super. 444

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9532332

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Tommy WILLIAMS, Appellant
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 24, 1981
- **Citations:** 286 Pa. Super. 444; 429 A.2d 22; 1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2601
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Montemuro
- **Judges:** Price, Disalle, Montemuro
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MONTEMURO, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result solely on the basis of the staleness of the eight year-old convictions offered for impeachment purposes. Were it not for the staleness of those convictions, I would not find an abuse of discretion by the Court below. All other criteria set out in Commonwealth v. Bighum, 452 Pa. 554 , 307 A.2d 255 (1973) and Commonwealth v. Roots, 482 Pa. 33 , 393 A.2d 364 (1978) have been met. See, e. g. Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34 , 405 A.2d 1290 (1979).

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