Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McKinley

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 18, 1956No. Appeal, 42PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cambria County.

The defendant was arrested and charged with indecent assault upon a seven-year-old girl. He was indicted, tried by a jury and found guilty though the jury recommended leniency. Defendant’s demurrer to the evidence ivas overruled. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were refused and defendant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the Cambria County jail for a period of not less than six months nor more than one year. This appeal followed.

The testimony discloses…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AllabaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Commonwealth v. CappsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Commonwealth v. BozziSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Commonwealth v. KetteringSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Commonwealth v. CarnesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. ValdezArizona Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Commonwealth v. CammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. DeVito v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Garrett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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