A conversation between a forensic interview specialist and a child alleging molestation by her uncle is inadmissible as evidence because it violates the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation, the Superior Court has ruled.
In a Philadelphia child sexual abuse case where the young girl was not competent to testify, the panel found statements the girl made to a forensic interviewer — witnessed by police unbeknownst to the child — were “testimonial” and inadmissible under recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
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