Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse - Expert Testimony as to Credibility

Authors

Helen A. Nicholas

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that in a child sexual abuse case expert testimony as to the veracity of a class of children of which the victim-witness is a member, is an improper invasion of the jury's function of assessing the credibility of a witness.

Commonwealth v. Seese, 512 Pa. 439, 517 A.2d 920 (1986).

First Page

997

Recommended Citation

Helen A. Nicholas, Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse - Expert Testimony as to Credibility, 26 Duq. L. Rev. 997 (1988).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol26/iss4/9