Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bizzaro

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 31, 1987No. 01449PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence following a jury conviction of corruption of minors, indecent assault and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse involving appellant’s six-year old daughter.

Appellant presents eight issues for our review:

I. Whether the trial court erred in allowing Dr. Fagenholz to testify as to her opinion of the truthfulness of the child-victim’s version of events.

II. Whether appellant’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was violated when the court permitted the introduction into evidence of the victim’s statement under an exception to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SeeseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. CulpepperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth v. LudwigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. SargentSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GroffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Surland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
  3. State v. HoxsieSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. RobinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1998
  5. Witherspoon, W. v. Wright, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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