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COM. v. DELBRIDGE

855 A.2d 27 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Gerald John DELBRIDGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark M. Mack, Esq., Kingston, Thomas A. Pavlinic, Esq., (argued), pro hac vice, Annapolis, MD, on brief, for Gerald John Delbridge.

David M. McGlaughlin, Esq., Philadelphia, for PA Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

David W. Lupas, Esq., Ingrid Susan Cronin, Esq., Frank P. Barletta, Esq., Wilkes Barre, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CAPPY.

This appeal raises the question of whether "taint", that is, the implantation of false memories or distortion of actual memories through improper and suggestive interview techniques, is a subject properly explored during a hearing testing the competency of a child witness in sexual abuse cases. Our grant of allocatur extends to the question of whether the trial court committed certain procedural errors regarding the conduct...

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