Expert Testimony and Sexual Predator Laws
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 08, Number 03, September/October 2006 , pp.33-35(3)
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Abstract:
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holds that the Frye test of admissibility did not apply to a Ph.D. psychologist who offered expert testimony that defendant met the statutory requirements for registration as an Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) upon release from imprisonment.Keywords: Commonwealth v. Dengler, 890 A.2d 372, Frye test
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