Commonwealth v. Romanelli

WIEAND, Judge:

Vincent Romanelli was tried by jury and was convicted of rape, 1 unlawful restraint, 2 indecent assault, 3 involuntary deviate sexual, intercourse, 4 simple assault 5 and possession of instruments of crime. 6 On direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, he contends that the trial court erred in permitting the victim’s “hypnotically-refreshed” testimony to be received by the jury. We disagree and affirm the judgment of sentence.

On the morning of June 3, 1981, at or about 11:00 o’clock, Deborah Deckman was standing on the platform of the Gladstone station in Lansdowne, Delaware…