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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. DENGLER

890 A.2d 372 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Harry DENGLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Trivellini, Andrea E. Mertz, Glenn D. Welsh, Reading, for Harry Dengler, appellant.

John Packel, Ellen T. Greenlee, Karl Baker, Philadelphia, for Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia, appellant amicus curiae.

Mark Carlyle Baldwin, Reading, Alisa Rebecca Hobart, for Com. of PA, appellee.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal poses a discrete evidentiary issue of first impression arising out of the operation of Megan's Law II:1 whether the opinion testimony of an expert witness at a hearing to determine if an offender is a sexually violent predator ("SVP"), and is therefore subject to the registration and notification provisions of Megan's Law II, is subject to the Pennsylvania test of admissibility for...

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