COM. v. SMITH


545 Pa. 487 (1996)

681 A.2d 1288

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Howard Norman SMITH, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda F. Gerencser, Robert L. Mielnicki, for H.N. Smith, Jr.

Joseph C. Madenspacher, Lancaster, Susan E. Moyer, for Com.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY and CASTILLE, JJ.


OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The question before the Court is whether testimony by a nurse wherein she repeated a statement made to her by an injured child identifying the child's alleged abuser was inadmissible hearsay or whether such testimony was properly admitted under the medical treatment exception to the hearsay rule.

The testimony at trial revealed the following. Appellant testified that he was...

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