Commonwealth v. Hollingshead

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an expert’s diagnosis of hebephilia, which is not recognized in the DSM-5, is sufficient to support a finding of mental abnormality
• holding it would not disturb trial court’s decision to credit Commonwealth’s expert witness over defense expert witness on a challenge to the sufficiency of an SVP determination
• holding it would not disturb trial court’s decision to credit Commonwealth’s expert witness over defense expert witness on a challenge to the sufficiency of an SVP determination based on a hebephilia diagnosis
• finding that the defense expert’s focus on risk of recidivism was misplaced because proof of “the risk of re-offending is but one factor to be considered when making an assessment; it is not an independent element” (citation omitted)
• stating that we will not disturb the trial court’s credibility determination
• rejecting claim that defendant’s expert testimony proved she was not an SVP where trial court chose to believe the Commonwealth’s expert over the defendant’s expert, and this Court “may not disturb that credibility determination”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Lawrence, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-27· cited 73×
• Com. v. Bankes, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-12-12· cited 64×
• People v. Wright
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-10-24· cited 39×
• Com. v. Moore, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-01· cited 19×
• Com. v. Reyes, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-22· cited 1×
• Com. v. Hollingshead
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-14
• Com. v. Aumick, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-02-23

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-27· cited 184×
• Commonwealth v. Meals
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 163×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Stephens
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-11· cited 85×
• State v. Shannon S.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2012-10-30· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-21· cited 70×
• United States v. Carta
  First Circuit· 2010-01-15· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Morgan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-24· cited 39×
• United States v. Patrick Caporale
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-12-06· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Plucinski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-28· cited 29×
• Interest of Corman
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2014-04-29· cited 14×
• Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists v. Texas Medical Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-11-21· cited 4×