Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 12, 1957No. Appeal, 198PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Woodside, J.,
A jury found Willard M. Brown, guilty of felonious rape. After motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were refused, he was sentenced to serve two to four years in the Berks County Jail.
The indictment charged Brown, a 53 year old man, with having committed the offense on July 10, 1956, “and at divers other times within the three months last past,” upon Miriam E. Garman.
The Commonwealth’s evidence was fantastic. It showed that Miriam, a 16 year old girl, came to live with her mother and the defendant in January 1956. She slept in a room with her sister and two…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Commonwealth v. LewisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Commonwealth v. BallesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Commonwealth v. ParkerAllegheny County Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1892
- Commonwealth v. StephensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BodenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. CoyleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- United States of America Ex Rel. Samuel Brown v. Mr. Edward J. Hendrick, Supt. Of Phila. PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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