Commonwealth v. Jordan ( 2013 )

CONCURRING OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

I agree with the majority’s conclusion that Mrs. Cassidy’s testimony was harmless victim impact evidence. As Commonwealth v. Rivers, 537 Pa. 394, 644 A.2d 710, 716 (1994), predates the statutory construct regarding victim impact evidence and only deals with life-in-being testimony, I find the discussion of such testimony to be unnecessary dicta.