Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rhoades

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 12, 1987No. 721PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Percy R. Rhoades was tried by jury and was found guilty of indecent assault 1 and corruption of a minor 2 because of the sexual molestation of P.S.B., an eight year old female child. Post-trial motions were denied, and Rhoades was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than two years for indecent assault and not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years for corrupting a child. On direct appeal, he argues (1) that inculpatory statements which he made to another prisoner should have been suppressed; (2) that the trial court…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Maine v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Kuhlmann v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. United States v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. FeflieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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