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COM. v. CRAWFORD

553 Pa. 195 (1998)

718 A.2d 768

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Franklin D. CRAWFORD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley K. Hellein, Greensburgh, George R. Kepple, Kittanning, for Com.

Preston Younkins, for Franklin D. Crawford.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the Superior Court's order reversing the judgment of sentence imposed on Franklin D. Crawford and remanding the case for a new trial. Crawford was convicted by a jury of second degree murder arising from the death of Pearl Altman in October of 1971. The Superior Court determined that the trial judge had erred in excluding expert testimony of a psychiatrist regarding repressed memory...

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