Commonwealth v. Mouzon
15 A.3d 43 | Pa. | 2011
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner
v.
Darrin MOUZON, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 16th day of February 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal *44 is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:
Does the Superior Court's decision overturning [respondent's] first-degree murder conviction contradict this Court's precedent holding that: (A) one who instigates or continues the underlying difficulty may not later claim self-defense; (B) deadly force may not be used against an unarmed victim who is backing away, and thus no longer poses a threat; and (C) even when a prima facie case of self-defense is presented, a trial court has discretion to exclude evidence of a victim's prior criminal convictions that were remote in time?