Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Chester ERB
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1990-02-06
Citations: 524 Pa. 103
Docket Number: No. 99 E.D. Appeal Docket 1989
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Chester ERB.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 524
Pages: 103–104

Head Matter:
569 A.2d 352
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Chester ERB.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 26, 1990.
Decided Feb. 6, 1990.
Reargument Denied March 26, 1990.
William H. Ryan, Dist. Atty., Sandra L. Elias, Chief, Law & Appeals Unit, Vram Nedurian, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.
Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Deborah Fleisher, Philadelphia, Chief, Appeals Div., for amicus — Phila. D.A.
Joseph D. Branca, Aston, for appellee.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
The Order of the Superior Court is reversed. 380 Pa.Super. 645, 547 A.2d 436 (1988). We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding those portions of the victim's diary which were protected by the Rape Shield Law, 18 Pa.C.S. § 3104. Commonwealth v. Majorana, 503 Pa. 602, 470 A.2d 80 (1983).