Court Opinion

ID: 9638291
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:39:50.589599+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:05.315879
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING STATEMENT BY
FITZGERALD, J.:
¶ 1 I agree with the learned majority’s conclusion that the two incidents involving *1187T.S. and V.B. were similar enough to allow V.B. to testify to her incident. I write separately only to emphasize that no singular characteristic of the two abuses made them similar, and these circumstances should not be considered persuasive authority for future cases.1 Our courts must be careful' to examine each allegation of abuse on a case-by-case basis when determining similarity. In the instant case, the Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence indicating how Appellant lured and seduced each of his daughters into a sexual relationship with him. Accordingly, I agree that the totality of the similarities supported the trial court’s ruling.

. For example, the fact that the abuses occurred in bed at night would have no value if considered in a vacuum.