Child Witness • Alternative Method of Testifying • Evidence
Commonwealth v. Torres-Kuilan, PICS Case No. 17-0365 (Pa. Super. Feb. 27, 2017) Ott, J. (8 pages).
Trial court properly allowed seven year old witness in child molestation case to testify via closed circuit television because 42 Pa.C.S. §5985(a.1)(2) did not prevent the judge from hearing the evidence of the witness coordinator who accompanied the child to court and the witness coordinator’s testimony corroborated the judge’s own observations that the child was upset and refused to enter the courtroom. Affirmed.
