Commonwealth v. Shearer

828 A.2d 383 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant,

v.

James Alvin SHEARER, Sr., Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 7, 2002.

Filed June 20, 2003.

Hugh J. Burns, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellant.

Armand R. Cingolani, Butler, for appellee.

BEFORE: DEL SOLE, P.J., McEWEN, P.J.E., and HUDOCK, JOYCE, STEVENS, TODD, KLEIN, BENDER and GRACI, JJ.

OPINION BY HUDOCK, J.:

¶ 1 This is a certified interlocutory appeal taken by the Commonwealth from a pre-trial order compelling a child witness to submit to psychological testing prior to the trial court's…