COM. v. CEPULL


390 Pa.Super. 167 (1990)

568 A.2d 247

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Gerard P. CEPULL.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 3, 1990.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied June 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Brown Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaver, for Com., appellant.

Debra A. Genevie, Beaver Falls, for appellee.

Before WIEAND, TAMILIA and HESTER, JJ.


TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from the January 25, 1989 Order of Court, granting appellee's motion for a new trial. The trial court en banc granted the motion because it found error in allowing an expert witness to testify, over objection, "as to the general condition known as `rape trauma syndrome.'" Slip Op., Per Curiam, 1/25/89, p. 1.

Appellee was charged by information and convicted of rape by forcible compulsion1 and rape...

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