# Commonwealth v. Ludwig

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · September 8, 1987 · 366 Pa. Super. 361

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9708037

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Paul LUDWIG, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** September 8, 1987
- **Citations:** 366 Pa. Super. 361; 531 A.2d 459; 581 A.2d 459; 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8969
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Sole
- **Judges:** Cirillo, Brosky, Wieand, Olszewski, Sole, Montemuro, Tamilia, Popovich, Johnson
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DEL SOLE, Judge,
concurring:
I join the Opinion filed by my colleague, Judge Donald E. Wieand and the concurring statement by Frank J. Montemuro, Jr. I write separately only to suggest to the trial courts an alternative method of utilizing televised proceedings. When faced with the necessity of utilizing televised testimony of a child witness, courts should explore the possibility of keeping the witness in the courtroom before the jury. The defendant can observe the trial via closed circuit television. If possible, the jury should be able to observe the witness, not through the eyes of a television camera, but in person. See: Matter of Appeal in Pinal County Juvenile Action, 147 Ariz. 302 , 709 P.2d 1361 (App.1985); Arthur, Child Sexual Abuse, Vol. 37, No. 2, Juv. & Fam.Ct.J. pp. 32-33. (1986).

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