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- Title: Commonwealth v. Dent
- Author : In the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 25, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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1 Appellant, Monica Lynette Dent, asks us to determine whether the evidence admitted at trial was sufficient to sustain her conviction for retail theft. Appellant also claims the court erred in allowing the investigating police officer to testify at trial regarding statements made by Appellants sister to the police officer during the course of the officers investigation, where Appellants sister did not testify at Appellants trial. Specifically, Appellant contends her sisters statements were inadmissible hearsay and erroneously admitted under the guise of the police officers "course of investigation." Finally, Appellant questions the trial courts decision to allow testimony concerning a surveillance videotape, where the videotape itself was not produced or available at trial. We hold that the totality of the evidence admitted at trial was sufficient to sustain Appellants conviction for retail theft. Further, the police officers testimony that he had obtained a photograph of Appellant based upon a conversation in which Appellants sister identified Appellant by name as the person fleeing the scene of the crime constituted inadmissible hearsay. Nevertheless, Appellant is not entitled to a new trial on this basis. Finally, we reject Appellants challenges to the admissibility of the testimony concerning the surveillance videotape that was "unavailable" at trial. Accordingly, we affirm Appellants judgment of sentence.
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