# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 5, 1978 · 482 Pa. 130

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9650207

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Theodore X. BROWN, Appellant (Two Cases)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 5, 1978
- **Citations:** 482 Pa. 130; 393 A.2d 414; 1978 Pa. LEXIS 957
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Nix
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Larsen, Manderino
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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.

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