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Title: Commonwealth v. Alston
Author : Texas Court of Appeals (Civil)
Release Date : January 13, 2004
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 65 KB

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1 The Commonwealth filed this appeal from a pretrial order containing three adverse rulings, and it challenges two of those rulings. Specifically, the Commonwealth questions the propriety of the trial courts conclusions that the Commonwealth must allow the defense access to notes taken during an interview with the victim and that the victim in this sexual assault case must undergo a psychiatric examination to assist in assessing her competency. Before addressing the merits of these two contentions, we must decide whether the Commonwealth has preserved the issues for appellate review and whether the appeal is properly before us. Upon review, we conclude that the Commonwealth has avoided waiver and this Court has jurisdiction over these issues. We reverse both rulings and remand for further proceedings.