Commonwealth v. Smith

MELINSON, Judge:

This is a Commonwealth appeal from an Order dated November 14, 1988 in the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County. The trial court Order granted Harold W. Smith, Jr., the appellee, a new trial. We affirm.

Smith was charged with indecent exposure and corruption of minors for alleged incidents involving his seven-year-old stepdaughter. At Smith’s trial, the alleged victim testified. Following the child’s testimony, the Commonwealth presented the testimony of a family therapist who counseled the child following the alleged incidents. The counsel- or, Ms. Wiley, was asked…