Tag: Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence

Criminal, Expert Testimony, Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence

Com v. Maconeghy, Jr.: Medical testimony based on nothing but another witness’s testimony is not all right, all right, all right

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Joel Ready

on

November 16, 2017

In a criminal prosecution about sexual assault of a child, a medical doctor opined, “The history [the child] provided to me pretty clearly indicated that she was sexually abused.” The…