Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rosser
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 2016No. 3258 EDA 2013PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
JENKINS, J.:
Wanya Rosser was charged with raping a 19-year-old woman, S.R., as she walked home in the early morning hours of October 16, 2010. The trial court prohibited defense counsel from cross-examining S.R. as to whether Rosser told her, following the assault: “I can’t see you again, we could be friends, but I have a girlfriend.”
The principal issue in this direct appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion and violated Rosser’s constitutional right of confrontation by precluding this cross-examination. Rosser has waived this issue, and even if he preserved it for…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BriggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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