motive for prior killing identical with that for instant killing
How later courts described this case
- motive for prior killing identical with that for instant killing
- evidence of prior crime admissible to show motive
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
NIX, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority of this Court in the instant appeal. I adhere to the position I expressed in Commonwealth v. Stasko, 471 Pa. 373, 387-89 , 370 A.2d 350, 357-58 (1977) (Nix, J., concurring), regarding the use of preliminary hearing testimony.