OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
We granted allocatur to address the issue of whether the trial court erred in allowing a lay person to testify as to the condition of a rape victim's hymen. We find that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting such testimony. Therefore, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.
Following a jury trial, Appellant, Donald R. Allison, was convicted of statutory rape, involuntary deviate...
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