Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Holton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 1968No. Appeal, 356PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mb.
Justice Eagen,
During the early morning hours of April 5, 1965, an unknown male surreptitiously entered the Philadelphia apartment of a female medical student at Jefferson Medical College, and brutally beat and raped her. Charles Holton was arrested for these crimes and eventually was convicted by a jury of assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to ravish, rape, and larceny. Post-trial motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied, following which an aggregate prison sentence of 21% to 43 years was imposed. On appeal…
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