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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. Anthony Gallagher
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 31, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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This is an appeal from the order of Superior Court, affirming appellants judgment of sentence for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse following a jury trial. The issue is whether the trial court properly permitted expert testimony regarding the victims affliction with "rape trauma syndrome" (RTS). We hold that such testimony is inadmissible, and therefore vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.