COM. v. D.J.A.


800 A.2d 965 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. D.J.A.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Zak, Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for Com., appellant.

Timothy J. Lucas, Erie, for appellee.

Before: DEL SOLE, P.J., JOHNSON, HUDOCK, FORD ELLIOTT, ORIE MELVIN, LALLY-GREEN, TODD, BENDER, and BOWES, JJ.


FORD ELLIOTT, J.

¶ 1 The Commonwealth asks us to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it found a seven-year-old girl, "A.A.", incompetent to testify in a criminal action involving child sexual abuse. We are also asked to decide whether the trial court abused its discretion when it found A.A.'s statement to her physician implicating defendant/appellee as the perpetrator of the alleged abuse inadmissible...

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