Commonwealth v. McGinnis, R.
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Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 204 WAL 2021 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : RICKEY MCGINNIS, : : Petitioner :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, LIMITED to the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining
issues. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Whether “generic” false memories expert testimony in a child sexual abuse prosecution, which the defendant is presenting solely to educate jurors about how legitimate and false/distorted memories are and can be created in children, is admissible at trial? The above issue does not subsume any question of constitutional dimension. Petitioner’s
application for relief is DENIED.
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