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COM. v. OLIVO

No. 127 MAP 2014

127 A.3d 769 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Jose Luis OLIVO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Adams, Esq. , Reading, Jonathan H. Kurland, Esq. , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Brie Rebecca Halfond, Esq. , Leonard Sosnov, Esq. , Glenn D. Welsh Esq. , Berks Country Public Defender's Office, for Jose Luis Olivo.

Kevin Francis McCarthy, Esq. , Allegheny Counter District Attorney's Office, for Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association, Amicus Curiae.

Diane Elizabeth Moyer, Esq. , PA Coalition Against Rape, for PA Coalition Against Rape, Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

In this case, the trial court suspended as unconstitutional a recently enacted statute allowing expert testimony regarding victims' responses to sexual violence, 42 Pa. C.S. § 5920.1 The trial court concluded that Section 5920 violated this Court's exclusive control over judicial...

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