Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Barnett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 2012PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
BENDER, J.
Appellant, Harold Leroy Barnett, appeals from the judgment of sentence of 25-50 years’ incarceration imposed following his conviction for various sexual offenses committed against two minors. After careful review, we affirm.
Appellant was tried by a jury over the course of four days in December of 2010. The trial court summarized the sum and substance of the facts adduced at trial as follows:
Just after Thanksgiving, in November of 2009, [A.M.] entered the bathroom while her twelve-year-old daughter B.M. was taking a shower. B.M. opened the shower door and asked her mother…
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