Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/20/1989

Commonwealth v. Smith

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567 A.2d 1080
389 Pa. Super. 626
1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3751

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holding that by introducing evidence of a witness’ credibility prior to the defense impeaching that witness, the Commonwealth “usurped the credibility determining function of the jury”
finding ineffectiveness where trial counsel failed to object when the expert witness gave her personal opinion on the victim's credibility, noting that the decision was \augmented\ by the fact the witness was called as an expert
expert's opinion testimony as to child's ability to `in character' tell the truth prejudicial and counsel ineffective for failing to object to introduction
expert’s opinion testimony as to child’s ability to ‘in character’ tell the truth prejudicial and counsel ineffective for failing to object to introduction
referring to Appellant’s Brief - 11 - J-S37024-20 at 11
Dissenting Opinion by Tamilia, J.

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