Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mendez

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 6, 2013PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PLATT, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from the trial court’s order of August 14, 2012, prohibiting the Commonwealth from providing a narrative report regarding expert testimony to Appellee, Oneximo Mendez. After careful review, we vacate the order and remand with instructions.

The trial court set forth the facts of the case as follows:

[Appellee] is charged with numerous offenses related to his alleged sexual relationship with a minor. The complaining witness, Y.S., [born June 21, 1993,] claims that from late 2004 until 2011 [Appellee] repeatedly engaged her in acts of sexual misconduct.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. DillonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. RadeckiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Commonwealth v. BelknapSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Commonwealth v. SitlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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