Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 21, 2014PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

In this interlocutory matter, Gordon Charles Williams (Appellant) appeals from the Superior Court’s order reversing the trial court’s determination that he had the *682right to present testimony of an expert witness to rebut the Commonwealth’s evidence in support of its motion, pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 5985, to allow a child victim to testify at a preliminary hearing via contemporaneous alternative method. We affirm.

On July 1, 2010, the Commonwealth charged Appellant with rape of a child, indecent assault, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children, and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Montejo v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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3Cited by16 opinions

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