Court Opinion

ID: 9733974
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:22:05.946894+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:44.829873
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CAVANAUGH, Judge,
concurring:
I agree with the majority’s disposition that on the basis of the recent Supreme Court holding in Commonwealth v. Seese, 512 Pa. 439, 517 A.2d 920 (1986), the testimony of Dr. Fagenholz was improperly admitted. For this reason, the judgment of sentence should be reversed.
I further agree that the conduct of a new trial is an impossibility and that entry of an order of abatement is proper upon record certification as to appellant’s death.
I would not reach the issue of the propriety of the denial of appellant’s request for videotaped testimony of the minor victim. This issue only becomes relevent in the event a new trial were a remedy. Since a new trial is not possible under the circumstances, I take no position on this issue.