Commonwealth v. D.J.A.

¶ 1 The Commonwealth asks us to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it found a seven-year-old girl, “A.A.”, incompetent to testify in a criminal action involving child sexual abuse. We are also asked to decide whether the trial court abused its discretion when it found A.A.’s statement to her physician implicating defendant/appellee as the perpetrator of the alleged abuse inad*968missible pursuant to Pa.R.E. 803(4), 42 Pa.C.S.A. We affirm in part and reverse in part. Our reasons, and a brief statement of the facts of this case, follow.

¶ 2 From October 1996 through June…