In the Interest of: N.C., Appeal of: Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice STEVENS.
In this fact-specific appeal by the Commonwealth, we consider whether the Superior Court erred in holding the right of a juvenile accused to be confronted with a witness against him conferred by the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was violated where the juvenile court admitted • into evidence an out-of-court, videotaped, forensic interview of a child complainant under the Tender Years Hearsay Act (“TYHA”), even though defense counsel did not cross-examine the child complainant who had taken the witness stand at the…
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