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COM. v. DUNKLE

529 Pa. 168 (1992)

602 A.2d 830

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Neil F. DUNKLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Osokow, Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Ronald C. Travis, Williamsport, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether the trial court erred in permitting expert testimony about the behaviors exhibited by children who have been sexually abused was error in a case in which the appellee was charged with sexual abuse of a minor. Additionally, we must decide whether the expert testimony was properly admitted to explain why sexually abused children may not recall certain details of the assault, to explain...

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