COMMONWEALTH v. CONKLIN


897 A.2d 1168 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Donald Robert CONKLIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Bennett, Esq., Jeffrey J. Wander, Esq., Honesdale, for Donald Robert Conklin.

Patrick Leland Robinson, Esq., Michael P. Lehutsky, Esq., Honesdale, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

John Craig Manning, Esq., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Sexual Offender Assessment Board.

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


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

Recently, in Commonwealth v. Dengler, 890 A.2d 372 (2005), this Court held that expert testimony proffered in a Megan's Law II1 hearing to determine if a defendant is a sexually violent predator ("SVP") is not subject to the Pennsylvania test for admissibility of novel scientific testimony derived from Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir...

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