Commonwealth v. Conklin

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

Recently, in Commonwealth v. Dengler, 890 A.2d 372 (2005), this Court held that expert testimony proffered in a Megan’s Law II 1 hearing to determine if a defendant is a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) is not subject to the Pennsylvania test for admissibility of novel scientific testimony derived from Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923). In the case sub judice, this Court granted review to consider a separate question concerning the contours of an SVP hearing under Megan’s Law II: “Whether the Commonwealth, as part of its burden of proof in a proceeding…