Commonwealth v. Cesar

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• holding that the appellant did not present evidence of taint, as the minor witness continually stated that she remembered the critical events independently
• holding evidence sufficient to sustain EWOC conviction where father -5- J-S47037-15 perpetrated a single incident of sexual abuse on five-year-old daughter
• stating, “the admission of evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court, and decisions thereon will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion”
• during hearing on competency of child witness on issue of taint, party alleging taint bears burden of production of evidence of taint and burden of persuasion to show taint by clear and convincing evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).