Commonwealth v. Dillon

¶ 1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”), asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied the Commonwealth’s motion in limine to introduce substantive evidence of Appellee, Thomas Dillon’s (“Dillon”) physically abusive behavior toward the immediate family of his child sexual assault victim .in its case-in-chief. Specifically, the Commonwealth asserts that it should not. be required to wait for Dillon to challenge his alleged victim’s credibility before being allowed to introduce specific evidence which readily explained the victim’s lack of “prompt…